Uzbekcosmos Agency has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the British company OneWeb

    Digitalization 17 May 2022 1560

    Within the framework of the first Central Eurasian conference "Space Technology Conference STC-2022", a memorandum of understanding and cooperation was signed between the Agency for Space Research and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekcosmos) and the British company OneWeb.

    The main purpose of the memorandum is to attract the British satellite communications company OneWeb to the Uzbek market. The memorandum provides for a number of activities related to cooperation on access to the market of the Republic of Uzbekistan of OneWeb non-geostationary satellite communication system services, including discussion of regulatory issues and identification of the basic needs of the state to prioritize the use of OneWeb's available satellite capacity.

    Within the framework of the memorandum, Uzbekkosmos and OneWeb agreed to establish an expertise center on the use of OneWeb's innovative low-orbit satellite telecommunications system with low signal latency and high bandwidth.

    The parties agreed to make the necessary efforts to work out issues for the implementation of providing high-speed broadband Internet via OneWeb communication satellites to remote and hard-to-reach rural settlements, as well as enterprises in various sectors of the economy.

    Uzbekcosmos CEO Shukhrat Kadirov noted that the signing of the memorandum with OneWeb is a significant event in the development of space communications, and the availability of OneWeb telecommunications services in the Republic of Uzbekistan will effectively implement the tasks provided for by state information technology development programs and ensure the availability of innovative communication services even in remote regions of the republic.