It depends. Unfortunately, we have a huge gap between poor people and those of us who can afford a little bit more.

So 2c per message is cheap and SMS is quite popular here. However, it is still cheaper to call than to have an SMS chat because, for example, I pay 2c per minute for both outgoing and incoming calls.

If you are interested, here is an information page from our biggest operator: http://www.mts.uz/eng/abonents/tarifs/

(I use another company but its website has no english version)