Article: “Digital Communications Market of Uzbekistan: Current State and Prospects”.
Nowadays, the priority tasks for the consistent socio-economic development of Uzbekistan are the widespread introduction of the ICT and digital technologies. Digital technologies - an effective tool that can provide high-quality reform of public administration, sectors of the economy and spheres of public life.
It should be noted that in recent years, a number of fundamental documents have been adopted, laying the legal foundation for further digital reforms, which have now proven the importance of measures for the widespread introduction of digital technologies in the field of public administration, public services and trade.
On April 28, 2020, the Decree of the President of the Republic
of Uzbekistan “On measures for the widespread introduction of the digital economy and e-government” No. PP-4699 was adopted. This document provides norms related to the widespread introduction of digital technologies in the work of domestic enterprises and public services, the training of IT specialists and comprehensive support of IT-entrepreneurship and others.
The logical continuation of these reforms was the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 5, 2020 “On approval of the Strategy “Digital Uzbekistan - 2030” and measures for its effective implementation”. The large-scale policy document includes roadmaps for the digital transformation of priority economic sectors and regions until 2030.
One of the main qualitative indicators of the development of the industry is the development of the IT market and the creation of maximum opportunities for IT entrepreneurs.
In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On telecommunications" operators, providers, legal and individuals engaged
in investment activities in the field of telecommunications, as well as manufacturers and suppliers of equipment receive equal access
to participate in the creation and the development of telecommunications networks and the service market.
With the growing demand for digital services over the past 5 years, the ICT services market has grown 2.2 times, from 8.1 trillion sum in 2017 up to 17.8 trillion sum in 2021.
11 119 business entities are currently operating in the ICT industry
of which 3 850 provide computer programming services. The number
of enterprises with the participation of foreign capital amounted to 534 units.
