Uzbekistan’s Competition Committee has approved VEON’s roughly $207 million purchase of mobile operator Perfectum on conditions including a three-year operational separation requirement and a 12-month freeze on 5G tariffs for existing subscribers.
Wizz Air will place Uzbek-speaking staff on all its Uzbekistan flights in 2025 after the Competition Committee investigated a passenger who was refused safety information in his language and treated rudely when he asked for it.
The Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee has identified procurement violations worth nearly 2.5 billion soums across cases in Karakalpakstan, Samarkand, Tashkent Region and Tashkent City, initiating formal proceedings and referring officials to judicial authorities for administrative action.
The Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee has identified procurement violations worth more than 8.1 billion soums across six Uzbek regions, initiating cases, imposing fines and cancelling at least one tender after finding rigged evaluations, affiliated bidders and competition-restricting documents.
