MTS to appeal against the annulation of its license

Uzdunrobita, the Uzbek daughter of Russian mobile phone operator MTS,  

intends to appeal against the annulation of its licenses in Uzbekistan, Interfax reports.

A court in Tashkent has annuled all the licenses of  the mobile phone

operator Uzdunrobita, The case against Uzdunrobita was initiated by the

local regulator, the Uzbek Agency for Communications. From now on MTS has

no business in Uzbekistan.

The Uzbek Agency for Communications claims that Uzdunrobita did not have a

right to provide communication services in Uzbekistan, because its

regional branches did not have proper licenses. Only the central

company had the license, while the branches did not. The regulator

believes that by its illegal activity Uzdunrobita deprived the state

of $210 million.