Uzbekistan

Basics
Uzbekistan has following network operators:
 * Ucell
 * Beeline
 * UMS

Ucell
Ucell is the largest company in number of subscribers and owned by COSCOM, which on itself is majority owned by TeliaSonera. It uses the 900 and 1800 Mhz band for the 2G services, 2100 MHz band for 3G with coverage in main cities and has launched 4G in 700 Mhz and 2600 MHz band with coverage in Tashkent and Samarqand only.

Availablility
The SIM card without any balance costs 3000 Som, whereas also kits are sold for 4500 Som (with 1500 Som balance) and 6000 Som (with 3000 Som balance). In general you need to be a citizen or resident of Uzbekistan to subscribe. Some outlets are authorised to sell to tourists as well and can be found here : Ucell_services_for_nonresidents. Expect to bring your Passport and a registration slip from the hotel you are staying.

There are many tariff packages all with daily rates, deducting from the prepaid balance. A package without a daily cost seems to exist only for elderly and war heroes. Selection of the tariff package goes via USSD code *120#. A one time set up fee for selecting a tariff package is  $0.50

Interesting among the myriad of tariffs for those who like data is the following:
 * Affordable Internet (Qulay Internet). For $0.08 per day you get 4MB of access and in case of booking a monthly pack, additional MB come on top for night time usage. Additional internet beyond the allowance is charged $0.04 per MB in daytime and $0.01 per MB at night ( between 1 and 9 AM)

Data feature packs
Ucell has daily, weekly and monthly packages that can be loaded: The cost is deducted from the balance. These Daily packages can be loaded on all voice packages and auto-renew each day until a de-activation code is sent. The Daily packages can be de-activated with USSD code *555*1*10*2*1#

The Monthly packages (30 days) with monthly data are offered as well: Except for the Package 4000, the volume is doubled for usage at night time (1 till 9 AM) when subscribed to "Affordable internet" voice tariff. Deactivation goes with USSD code *555*3*10*1#

More information

 * Website: UCell
 * Coverage Maps: Ucell Coverage Map
 * APN: internet
 * Apps: My Ucell app is available for Android, iOS and Windows and allows to manage tariffs and packages.