$150m project to make internet available nationwide
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Georgia is embracing a $150 million USD project that will make internet available for all Georgian regions and villages.
The project, financed by Georgia’s former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been launched by the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
The first stage of the project will create a reliable internet connection for 500 villages in 10 different Georgian regions. These areas are: Adjara, Guria, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in west Georgia and Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta Mtianeti, Kakheti and Shida Kartli.
When fully implemented, internet will be available in 2,000 Georgian villages, meaning 91 percent of the population will have internet access.
The annually released Freedom of the Net Report by Freedom House revealed Georgia had liberal freedom on the internet while global trends showed internet censorship had increased.
Georgia is beginning to develop high-speed Internet infrastructure in the country's regional areas, making Internet cheaper and more accessible for the rural population.
Georgia’s Ministry of Economy is searching for a company to lay fiber-optic cables all over the country so Georgian citizens can access high-speed Internet.
By 2017 the entire country will have access to high-speed internet, promised Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
A German telecommunications company is helping Georgia upgrade its infrastructure to bring high-speed internet to everyone in Georgia.
People who use public transport in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi will soon be able to use free Wi-Fi while on the go.