Ucell was the only mobile operator, who took part in the festival as a partner and nominee at the same time, presenting its social video "Get closer than ever". Ucell creation was reviewed and evaluated in the contest titled "Independence - the greatest achievement", which was organized in the framework of national Media Festival "Ozod Yurt Tulkinlari" (Waves of free country). This contest gathered more than 100 TV and radio spots, as well as social documentary films.

Social product of the company was recognized as the best, aftermath Ucell was awarded with the Grand Prix of the festival and gifted with handy-camera Sony DCR, as a hint to continue to produce more professional, high quality reels that reveal the best values of society and unique capabilities of ordinary people, beautiful traditions of Uzbek nation.

In the message of the reel Ucell congratulated Uzbekistan with its 20th anniversary of Independence, with an appeal "To be closer than ever», calling people to be proud of their accomplishments, to share warm feelings with family, come together and do not forget the generosity, which was the age-old values of the people of Uzbekistan.

Diploma of Grand Prix was personally handed over by the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mr. AbdullaAripov. Moreover, honored guests appreciated the participation of a single mobile operator in the festival, noting that, not being a media company Ucell makes a significant contribution to support the social development of the society and creates affordable video-audio products for wide audience.

"We are honored to receive the Grand Prix of the National Festival of Social TV and radio reels. Our competitors were TV stations and radio channels that you can say "knows the strings" of this job, and aware of all secrets how to present social reels to the wide public. It is first time, we participate in this festival and winning one of the main prizes, inspires us in the future to pay more attention to social development of the society work out feeling called corporate socialresponsibility which is properly developed in European countries,"said Davron Azizov, Head of Public Relations Division of Ucell.

Video of Ucell "Get closer than ever" can be seen in airports, train stations, social institutions, retail chains and other institutions of Tashkent city, as well as regional centers of Uzbekistan.

FE COSCOM Ltd. was founded in 1996 and operates under Ucell TM since June 2008, offering mobile services in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In July 2007 Ucell became part of the TeliaSonera Group and almost immediately took on the role of the pioneer and trendsetter in the telecommunications market of Uzbekistan. Ucell was the first to launch 3G services in the country and now holds the leading position in third generation network coverage. Also Ucell one of the first to launch a pilot 4G network in Uzbekistan. In March 2011 Ucell subscribers’ base has exceeded 8 million (according to the rules on the registration of mobile subscribers in the Republic of Uzbekistan)

Ucell is a consolidated subsidiary of TeliaSonera group of companies, which provides telecommunication services in Nordic and Baltic countries, Spaine and emerging markets of Euroasia, including Russia and Turkey. To date TeliaSonera is presented in 20 countries with total population of more than 460 million people. For the first quarter of 2011, the number of companies owned by TeliaSonera has exceeded 158 million.

In the emerging markets of Eurasia TeliaSonera owns controlling packages of leading mobile operators in Kasakhstan (Kcell), Azerbaijan (Azercell), Georgia (Geocell), Moldova (Moldcell), Tajikistan (Tcell), Uzbekistan (Ucell), Nepal (Ncell) and Combodia (Star-Cell). At the same time, TeliaSonera is the largest minority shareholder of Megafon in Rassia and Turkcell in Turkey.

Being from the 16th of June, 2011 under the common brand identity of the TeliaSonera companies in Northern Europe and Eurasia, Ucell offers its customers a wide range of products and services, as well as the experience and technical innovation of one of the largest operators in Europe.