Ucell is new brand of Coscom, the third largest GSM operator of Uzbekistan in terms of the subscribers’ number. The company operates in Uzbekistan for 12 years and renders services under GSM 900/1800 standard.

Oguz Memiguven, Ucell’s General Director, said this is a significant growth and the company will continue to please customers with new and attractive initiatives.

Mr Memiguven noted the company will continue to employ customer-friendly policies to keep clients happy, offering competitive pricing and tariffs, wide coverage and excellent service quality.

Ucell is planning to increase its subscribers’ number to over 2 million by the end 2008.

Coscom introduced Ucell brand in mid-June "to underline that the company belongs to Uzbekistan and show that COSCOM belongs to large family of telecommunication firms of international level". Coscom belongs to TeliaSonera.

TeliaSonera acquired US-based MCT Corp., which has a controlling shareholding in Coscom, in July 2007 for US$292 million in a move to expand beyond its Nordic home market. Coscom is the third largest GSM operator of Uzbekistan. In CIS, TeliaSonera controls such companies as K’cell in Kazakhstan, Azercell in Azerbaijan, Geocell in Georgia, Moldcell in Moldavia.