Since Uzbekistan launched its IMEI registration system in 2019, it has registered more than 97.8 million mobile device codes, with collected registration fees exceeding 3 trillion soums.
Otabek Azimov, department head at the Republican Telecommunications Network Management Center, shared these figures on August 24 at the Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum. Samsung accounts for the largest share of registrations at 35.5 million IMEI codes, followed by Xiaomi with 18.1 million and Nokia with 7.7 million. Smartphones make up the bulk of registered devices at 72.5 million, alongside 20.3 million feature phones and 1.4 million tablets.