IDD is available, but calls from hotel rooms still need to be booked either from reception or from the floor attendant. Direct-dial calls within the CIS are obtained by dialling 8 and waiting for another dial tone and then dialling the city code. Calls within the city limits are free of charge. Coverage is limited to certain areas around Tashkent. Cybercaf s exist in Tashkent.
Services are available from post offices in large towns.
Letters to Western Europe and the USA can take between two weeks and two months. Stamped envelopes can be bought from post offices. Visitors can also use the post offices situated in the major hotels. There are a number of international courier services based in Tashkent. There are no independent daily newspapers in Uzbekistan.