Uzbekistan

1. Country: Uzbekistan
Country suffix: .uz

Population: 24 million
Area: 447 000 sq km
Capital: Tashkent

2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx. 450 hosts (December 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 100
commercial 2700
governmental 300

4. List of major commercial ISP's
1. Sovam-Teleport
2. Naitov
3. SilkNet
4. UzNET
5. East-Link
6. Ishonch Business Centre
7. UzsciNET Gimli
8. Nuron
9. FreeNet
10. BCC

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. UzsciNET Gimli
2. SilkNet
Those ISPs have reserved a part of their equipment for non-commercial activity.

6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:

I. Sovam-Teleport
Runs IP, X.25, Frame Relay, present in at least 3 major cities,
connected via 64k leased lines,
One foreign connection: 256k satellite connection
Commercial ISP

II. UzNET
Present in major cities.
Foreign connection: 64k satellite connection to TAI DE, Norway
Govermental ISP

III. East-Link
Present in major cities.
Foreign connection: 128k satellite connection to KIAE, Moscow
Commercial ISP

IV. SilkNet
Present in major cities.
Foreign connection: 2 leased lines operati ng at 28k to Moscow

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