| Universal Mobile Systems | |
| Type: | Public company (OAO) |
| Foundation: | 2014 |
| Location: | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Key People: | Dmitriy Nagorniy as a CEO[1] |
| Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Products: | Mobile networks |
| Parent: | MTS (network provider) |
| Homepage: | mobi.uz |
Universal Mobile Systems is an Uzbek–Russian telecommunications company, which provides mobile network to the Republic of Uzbekistan.[2] Universal Mobile Systems was owned by MTS (Mobile TeleSystems GEET, rus. Мобильные ТелеСистемы), until the summer of 2012, when law enforcement authorities of Uzbekistan suspected embezzlement and tax evasion from the parent telecommunications company.[3] According to the settlement agreement, MTS has a stake in 50.01% of the share capital of UMS, the remaining share is transferred to the Republican State Unitary Enterprise Center for Radio Broadcasting and Television, which was administered by the State Committee of Communication of Uzbekistan. The joint venture will work on the infrastructure Uzdunorbita, a former subsidiary of MTS in the country.[4] In 2019, UMS was rebranded as Mobiuz.[5] [6]