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The Priority Directions of "Digital Uzbekistan 2030" measurable improvements and
Strategy motivates the telcos to continue
onwards on the FWA path.
3. Plan Ahead for the Enterprise Take
Up & 5G-Advanced (5G-A)
While consumer FWA is already
scaling, the next wave is enterprise,
industry verticals and private
networks (5G-A, network slicing,
edge-cloud etc.). The infrastructure
built today for consumer FWA
becomes tomorrow’s enterprise
platform. Operators must consider
up-coming needs such as slicing,
automation and industry-specific
solutions as part of their future roll-
outs and expansion plans.
Source: Digital Uzbekistan 2030
Conclusion
As 5G networks expand and mature, allows the signal from base stations
In the Middle East and Central Asia
FWA is poised to become a crucial to be freely distributed over long
region, digital transformation is not
solution for extending reliable and distances. As a result, the demand for
a future vision – it’s happening now.
high-speed broadband to homes 5G FWA services is increasing.
The interplay of government ambi-
across Kazakhstan, especially in Key Take Away for Governments and
tion (broadband goals, digital ser-
regions where laying physical cables Telcos for FWA Planning & Roll-Out
vices, enterprise focus etc.), operator
is not feasible. From the examples of these countries,
investment (5G network roll-out,
several lessons emerge for nations
FWA offerings, digital services’ bun-
4. Uzbekistan and telecom operators aiming to
dling etc.) and technology enablers
In 2023, Uzbekistan implemented its deploy 5G FWA as part of digital
(cloud-ecosystem, partnerships etc.)
‘Uzbekistan 2030 Strategy’ – focusing transformation program:
is creating a sea change in how con-
on national development roadmap 1. Align with National Digital strategy
nectivity translates into productivity,
with a core goal of transforming Countries where FWA is aligned to
inclusion and economic value.
the country into an upper-middle- national digital strategies (such
income and economically & as in both UAE and KSA – where
5G FWA has emerged as a pivotal
technologically developed nation. 5G FWA is aligned with national
enabler in this journey. It offers
A key component of this is the "Digital digital agendas) witness rapid and
speed, deployment agility and cost-
Uzbekistan 2030" strategy, which sustainable take up. This is because
effectiveness in markets where fiber
– among other things – actively a national alignment ensures
roll-out alone cannot meet the pace
promotes the use of FWA to expand regulatory support, spectrum
of demand or the need for inclusion.
broadband internet connectivity. provisioning, and overarching
Towards this, telecom operators infrastructure planning support. As
Ultimately, the telcos, governments
need to provide the Internet to more and more telcos align to their
and ICT partners that succeed will be
all settlements of Uzbekistan and respective national digital agenda’s
those that treat connectivity not just
increase the speed of access by 10 – FWA will get an even bigger boast
as pipes, but as platforms – platforms
times. The coverage of optical fiber in the region.
for digital inclusion, productivity,
lines and broadband access should 2. Start Implementations First within
social impact and economic
be brought to 100%. the High RoI Zones
diversification. In a region where the
From an implementation perspec-
pace of change is accelerating and
FWA is proving to be a great support tive, to begin with, telcos must focus
the stakes are high, 5G FWA is proving
to realize these aims. In Uzbekistan, their FWA efforts on suburban / new
to be one of the most effective
more than half of the population area, SME clusters or green-field
catalysts of national digital
lives in villages and in hard-to-reach developments where fiber is not
transformation.
areas. At the same time, the terrain available and will take long to be
of the country is mainly flat, which deployed. This drives early wins and
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