[November 9 /10, 2019] in the Youth Union of Uzbekistan building, 27 start-up teams presented their projects as part of the Ucell Mobile Challenge 2019 mobile application development competition, organized by LLC COSCOM (Ucell trademark) and LLC Technological Park of software products and information technology (IT Park).

27 teams from more than 100 teams who submitted applications and who managed to pass the first selection and the “Boot Camp” have attended the event:

O`zbek turizm, AskQue, Guidy, Izy, Mguide, Salom Uzbekistan, UcellPay, MyStock Informer, NeoBank, P2p, Ucell Cashback, Ucell cashback system, UcellPay, BarakaTop, CodeQuest, E-torgi.uz, GenLib, hama, Myapteka System , R2 - Retail Research, Rahmat, SmartStore, TopDeem, Elogistics, GuideMe, Tash Guide and uTaxi.

An expert jury evaluated the performances of the participants and the prospects of their projects.

Panel of jury:

Sherzod Rustamov, Head of the Department for Work with Digital and Content Services of Ucell;

Dilmurod Abdurakhmanov, Head of Ucell IT Products and Services Department;

Nadezhda Pak, expert of the Ucell business project management department;

Anvar Bakaev, director of Smile mobile;

Farhod Ibragimov, IT Park CEO;

Abdulahad Kuchkarov, Director of Innovation Development, IT Park;

Nodir Alibekov, director of regional IT centers, IT Park;

Muzaffar Azamov, Chairman of the Association of Electronic Commerce of Uzbekistan;

Akmal Salikhov, founder and director of VRonica, a studio for creating interactive VR, AR, 360 content,

“Today in Uzbekistan there are more than 22 million mobile subscribers and over 16 million mobile data users. The number of Ucell subscribers is over 7.5 million, and the application of the lucky one who will win according to the results of these pitches will instantly become popular! Such a chance is by no means given to every mobile application developer in our country, ”said Farokhod Ibragimov, IT Park CEO.

According to the results of Pitch Days, the jury will select three winners within a month who will receive:

● 1st place - 300 million soums;

● 2nd place - 200 million soums;

● 3rd place - 100 million soums.

 “Ucell Mobile Challenge 2019” is a competition from IT Park and Ucell for the development of mobile applications with a prize fund of 600 million soums in the following areas:

● The best trading application;

● The best useful application for guests and residents of the country;

● The best Fintech app.

The main goal of the competition is to search and support the best technological ideas in the field of software development for mobile devices and bring these ideas to implementation in the form of a prototype.

Company brief.

LLC Technological Park of Software Products and Information Technologies (IT Park).

A complex of facilities, buildings and structures, as well as equipment designed to ensure the launch and launch of promising start-up projects on the market, including through integration with scientific and scientific-educational organizations. A place where active and talented people will get a real chance to transform their ideas into real business projects through accounting, legal, marketing and scientific and educational support.

COSCOM LLC (Ucell trademark).

Founded in April, 1996.

Within its activities, Ucell pays special attention to the development of new offers for its subscribers and the further expansion of network coverage so that its services become more accessible for those who live in the most remote regions of Uzbekistan.

For the period that has passed since the change of ownership in December 2018, the team managed to achieve a number of positive results.

Ucell, as one of the largest mobile operators in Uzbekistan, strives to avail the best quality of living everywhere and make it useful to everyone with the help of modern technologies implemented through its facilities.