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"Malaysian companies PerNEC and UzMaPhone have signed an agreement with Uzbektelecom, national communication operator of Uzbekistan, to roll out some 9,000 coin-operated telephones in the country. Uzbektelecom and PerNEC have partnered with an authorized charter of $5 million, of which 60% share of the Malaysian side. The venture will set up wireless coin-box telephone network with 4,000 paystations based on CDMA-450 in the first phase. The paystations will be located along highways and regions difficult to access. Uzbektelecom's venture with UzMaPhone will have a charter capital of $4.3 million. It is expected that the venture will install 5,000 paystations in Tashkent city and Tashkent region." From Telecom Asia Daily, October 14, 2005.