Communication Commission: number of internet subscribers increased to 1 mln in Georgia
84% of fixed internet subscribers use finer-optic internet. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The number of internet subscribers has increased to almost one million in Georgia in 2020, announces the Communication Commission of Georgia.
The number of subscribers in the fixed internet market is still growing dynamically and the annual growth rate for individual subscribers over the last three years is 14%. Out of 998,000 subscribers, 950,000 households use the fixed internet, thus increasing the internet penetration, which has reached 86%", says the commission.
84% of fixed internet subscribers use finer-optic internet.
"Georgia is ahead of the top 28 European countries in terms of optical internet usage - the analysis was made by the international organisation FTTH Council, which is studying the development of the optical network in Europe. According to the latest report of the organisation, in 2019 the average penetration of fiber optic technology in 28 European countries was 43.3%, while in Georgia it was 67%", says the commission.
83.8 percent of Georgian households have internet access this year, which is 4.6 per cent per cent more compared to the previous year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Consumption of fixed internet doubled in the last six years and amounted to 914,000 households in the first quarter of 2020 which is 82 per cent of households in Georgia.
79.3 per cent of Georgian households have internet access, which is a 3.5 per cent increase compared to the same period of last year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The number of internet and mobile phone subscriptions in Georgia continues to grow, but high prices for services, inadequate infrastructure, and slow internet speeds remain obstacles, says Freedom House, a US-based independent watchdog that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission has fined water and electricity supplier companies in the country for 'inaccurate accruals' set to the subscribers. Georgian Water and Power, one of the leading water supplier companies in the South Caucasus, was fined 75,000 GEL (about $24,311/€20,705).
Communications Commission (ComCom), a regulatory body responsible for broadcasting and electronic communication, has satisfied the complaint of the opposition European Georgia party against Imedi TV.
Commercial advertising revenues of the Georgian broadcasters increased by 30 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, amounting to 79.8 million GEL ($25.8mln/€23.4mln), the Communications Commission revealed on Monday.
Commercial advertising revenue of the Georgian broadcasters increased by 10.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022 year-on-year and reached ₾17.8 million (about $6.03m/€5.75m), the Communications Commission revealed on Thursday.
The number of internet subscribers increased by 4.3 percent year-on-year and exceeded over one million in Georgia in 2021, the Communications Commission of Georgia announced on Wednesday.
The Communication Commission of Georgia and representatives of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet project discussed prospects of launching access to the service in Georgia on Tuesday, the Commission has announced.
The Georgian National Communications Commission has authorised the launch of the Starlink satellite internet service in the country, approving an application for provision of high-speed broadband internet via the project of billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation.
The Communications Commission of Georgia on Monday revealed it had become the Chair of the European Audiovisual Observatory, an organisation analysing facts and data in film, broadcasting and audiovisual industry in Europe, and would host the Observatory's public media conference in June.
The Communications Commission of Georgia on Friday said an event in Strasbourg had marked its selection as the institutional Chair of the European Audiovisual Observatory, an organisation analysing facts and data in film, broadcasting and audiovisual industry.
Ekaterine Imedadze, the member of the Georgian Communications Commission, told the Mobile World Congress, an annual trade event of the industry, that her office had an “ambition” to turn the country into a “regional hub of safe and sustainable digital services”.