MegaFon, together with the Ministry of Information Technology Development and Communications of Uzbekistan, is launching a program for the development and employment of IT specialists. This is provided for in the cooperation memorandum signed today at the international industrial exhibition INNOPROM. Central Asia «.
The cooperation is aimed at training and development of IT specialists of various levels in the most popular specialties in the field of development and programming. After the training, depending on their qualifications, participants will have access to an internship program or the opportunity to immediately start working on real projects in the MegaFon team.
“MegaFon has extensive experience in the implementation of the most complex IT projects. Last year we entered the Uzbek market, where, together with our partners, we are developing the largest digital holding in the country — DigitalHolding, which includes Ucell, one of the leaders in the mobile communications market — says the president of MegaFon Khachatur Pombukhchan.
«We see the great potential of this country as the largest IT center in Central Asia and we are ready to contribute to development, share knowledge and use our own resources to train high-class specialized specialists.»
According to the 2021 labor market survey prepared by HeadHunter Uzbekistan, IT is currently ranked second among the most sought after professional areas among employers in the country. The income of IT employees is traditionally at the top of the ranking, both in terms of the level and dynamics of growth compared to 2020.
“Today, Uzbekistan is implementing a number of projects training young people in IT specialties. So if at the beginning of the 2000s there were only a few hundred IT specialists in the country, today there are over 50,000 of them. By 2030, a task has been set for the number of IT specialists to reach one million people, says Oleg Pekos, First Deputy Minister of Information Technology Development and Communication of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
«We expect the cooperation with MegaFon to give impetus to the issues of training qualified staff in the field of ICT.»
DigitalHolding is a joint venture between Russia’s MegaFon and YueSam Telecom and the Uzbek government. VSP includes the telecommunications operator Ucell, NewSolutions (formerly ICHoldingUzbekistan) and CRPTTuron. The activities of the joint venture are aimed at expanding access and improving the quality of telecommunications services in the Republic of Uzbekistan, in particular by creating a digital infrastructure in line with international standards, as well as introducing advanced technologies and systems for data storage and processing, digital tagging and traffic control of certain types of goods .
MegaFon is an all-Russia operator of digital opportunities and a five-time winner of the award for the highest speed of mobile Internet in Russia from the international company Ookla. The company combines the IT and telecommunications areas, provides mobile and fixed communication services, mobile and broadband Internet access, digital TV and OTT video content, innovative digital products and services. 74.4 million customers use the company’s services in Russia.
Ucell is an Uzbek telecommunications company, one of the market leaders. Provides mobile communication services and broadband Internet access. Ucell is a pioneer in the commercial use of the 5G standard in Uzbekistan. The company’s services are used by 7.4 million subscribers.
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