Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies (MDT) announced on 27 October 2023 the commercial launch of mobile number portability (MNP), confirming that five operators – Beeline, Ucell, Uzbektelecom, Mobiuz and the country’s sole MVNO, Humans – now provide number porting. CDMA-based network operator Perfectum does not offer the service.
Initially, Uzbek mobile users must visit a sales office of the destination network to port their number, with online-based MNP services expected to be launched at a later date. MNP requires an identification document which has already been registered with the user’s number, and carries a standard user fee of UZS60,000 (USD4.90), although one operator, Humans, is advertising free porting to its MVNO network, apparently subsidising the service. Same-day MNP processing is promised, with cellcos currently claiming on their websites waiting times of ‘a few minutes’ or ‘up to ten minutes’. A number cannot be ported again until 30 days have elapsed.
TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database shows that the MDT (formerly named the Ministry of Information Technologies & Communications) drafted regulations on MNP nearly five years ago in December 2018 before overseeing the implementation of the service in collaboration with the ministry’s subordinate agency, the Republican Centre for Management of Telecommunication Networks.
Source: https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2023/10/30/mobile-number-portability-launched-in-uzbekistan/