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"National Internet Festival 'Uzbekistan 2005' will be held in May-June 2005 to boost Internet in the country, a press release of the organisers said. The festival was initiated by Internet community of Uzbekistan and supported by the Uzbek Agency for Communication and Informatisation. Editorial board of magazine InfoCOM.UZ will coordinate and organise the festival. Uzbektelecom, national telecommunication operator, is general sponsor of the event. The festival will be aimed at development of information resources and services in .Uz domain segment and inventory of existing resources in .Uz and other domains, as well as promotion the best Internet resources....Currently, there are some 700,000 Internet users in Uzbekistan. Active Internet users make up only 1-2% of population of Uzbekistan. Over 3,000 sites were registered in .Uz domain, of which regularly updated some 1,000-1,200." posted on UzReport.com 4-29-05. See official sites: www.internetfestival.uz or www.if.uz. [note: these sites don't seem to be working at the moment.]