Article 8. Powers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of telecommunications

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

ensures the implementation of a unified state policy in the field of telecommunications;

creates the necessary conditions for establishing effective cooperation between the population, business, and the state in the field of telecommunications;

implements measures to expand the types of telecommunications services and modernize telecommunications infrastructure;

takes measures to introduce modern technologies for the protection of telecommunications infrastructure;

coordinates the activities of the republican executive authorities, economic management bodies, and local state authority bodies in the field of telecommunications;

determines the procedure and conditions for issuing licenses and documents of a permissive nature, as well as the procedure for holding contests (tenders) for issuing licenses for certain types of activities;

defines the regulatory body in the field of telecommunications (hereinafter referred to as the regulatory body);

approves state programs in the field of telecommunications and ensures their implementation;

determines the procedure for registering unique international identification codes of mobile devices in the telecommunication networks of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan may also exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.