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Uzbekistan Travel Guide - Communications

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Telephone

Country code: 998. Area code for Tashkent: 71. International calls can also be made from main post offices (in Tashkent on Prospekt Navoi). Direct-dial calls within the CIS are obtained by dialling 8 and waiting for another dial tone and then dialling the city code. Calls within the city limits are free of charge.

Mobile Telephone

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is limited to populated areas.

Internet

Internet cafes exist in Tashkent.

Post

Letters to Western Europe and the USA can take between two weeks and two months. Stamped envelopes can be bought from post offices. Addresses should be laid out in the following order: country, postcode, city, street, house number and, lastly, the person’s name. There are a number of international courier services based in Tashkent.

Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1800. The Main Post Office in Tashkent (see above) is open until 1900. Visitors can also use the post offices situated in the major hotels.

Media

Press freedom is guaranteed and a constitutional ban on censorship exists, but these are frequently ignored in Uzbekistan, where the state maintains a tight grip on the media. International media rights bodies have reported that the use of violence against journalists and disinformation by the authorities are commonplace. Pre-publication self-censorship remains widespread. Following deadly unrest in Andijan in 2005, journalists were expelled from the area and foreign TV news broadcasts were blocked. Private TV and radio stations broadcast alongside state-run networks. Foreign channels operate via cable TV, which is widely available.

Press

• There are no independent daily newspapers in Uzbekistan.
•The main editions are published in Tashkent and include Khalk Suzi and Narodnoye Slovo (in Russian and Uzbek), Hurriyat (published by a government agency) and Uzbekistan Ovizi.

TV

Uzbek State Television and Radio Company operates two networks.
• Private channels include MTRK, Bekabad TV, Samarkand TV and Orbita TV.

Radio

• The Uzbek State Television and Radio Company operates state-run radio services.
• Private stations include Oriat FM, Uzbegim Taronasi and Radio Grand.
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