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Overview

China Development Bank loan to develop CDMA-450 mobile network, and implement FTTx fiber technology (Linked to Record ID#53952 and #40324)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$29,479,845
Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•UzbekistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UzbekistanSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2012

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Policy Banks

  • China Development Bank (CDB)

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • Uztelecom JSC

Loan description

China Development Bank loan to develop CDMA-450 mobile network, and implement FTTx fiber technology

Interest type•Unknown

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2012, China Development Bank agreed to loan Uzbekistan's Uzbek Telecom (Uzbektelecom) $107.6 million for the purpose of network expansion, developing the CDMA-450 mobile network, and implementation of FTTx fiber technology. The funds were sent in the second quarter of 2013, with which Uzbektelecom was expected to purchase implementation technology. These funds were also earmarked for overall network expansion and infrastructure improvements This project is linked to Record ID#53952. Only the confirmed costs for developing the CDMA-450 mobile network - US$18.19 million and implementing FTTx fiber technology US$9.01 million is recorded for this project. The project is also mentioned in China EXIM Bank annual report for 2016 ; it is unclear how or whether China EXIM is financially involved. This project is linked to Record ID#40324, which describes $100 million USD loan from CDB to Uzbektelecom for the CDMA-450 network in 2014.