Georgian official raises significance of communications sector at int’l summit
Organised by the ministry of economy and sustainable development, the communications commission and the World Bank, the event focused around the development of interregional digital corridors. Photo: Communications Commission.
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The significance of the telecommunications sector in utilising digital potential and inter-regional digital corridors for Georgia were raised by Ekaterine Imedadze, a member of the country’s state communications commission, at the international digital connectivity summit in Tbilisi on Wednesday.
Imedadze chaired an extensive panel at the event dedicated to development and realisation of digital capabilities, with the official focusing on the advantages of developing digital capabilities in Georgia and establishing the country as a digital hub.
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Imedadze noted in the development of the digital economy, the opening of the country’s digital potential and the creation of conditions conducive to interregional digital corridors telecommunications sector plays the most important supporting role.
As you know, digital services must pass through the telecom infrastructure. In Addition, the [commission], as the supervisor of the industry, defines the opening of the telecom market access to infrastructure, as well as the realisation of our country’s geopolitical advantages, amongst its primary tasks”, Imedadze told summit participants.
Hosted in Tbilisi for the first time, the summit involved industry professionals from Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus and China.
Organised by the ministry of economy and sustainable development, the communications commission and the World Bank, the event focused around the development of interregional digital corridors.
Romeo Mikautadze, the deputy minister of economy and sustainable development of Georgia, on Wednesday said uninterrupted functioning of high-tech corridors was unlikely without energy development, in comments on Georgia’s prospects to perform as a regional data exchange hub.
Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian minister of economy and sustainable development, on Wednesday said the country was “ready to perform” as a regional data exchange hub.
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.
World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus Sebastian Molineus has stated earlier today that Georgia can be a strong leader ‘not only in the region but globally as well’ in regional connectivity and integration following the meeting with the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
The Georgian national communications commission is hosting the Youth Internet Governance Forum on the weekend for the first time in Georgia, which aims to inform young people about the internet sphere, information security and communications sector, and encourage their involvement, the commission said.
Ekaterine Imedadze, the member of the Communications Commission of Georgia, highlighted the country’s potential as a regional digital service hub in comments at the Four-lateral Summit, a joint event of four networks of electronic communications regulatory authorities in Portugal.