Georgian Communications Commission to chair Eastern Partnership regulators network
The Communications Commission of Georgia on Wednesday revealed it had been elected to chair the Electronic Communications Regulators Network of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership programme over the next year. Photo: ComCom
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The Communications Commission of Georgia on Wednesday revealed it had been elected to chair the Electronic Communications Regulators Network of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership programme over the next year.
The international body approved the Georgian regulator’s 2023 action plan after it was presented at a plenary session, with the gathering organised by the Telecommunications Office of the Czech Republic and supported by the European Commission.
The Irish Communications Regulatory Commission was chosen to be vice chair of the international body for the period of the next year.
Created in 2012, the Network aims to promote European integration of the member countries of the Eastern Partnership through the development of their electronic communications markets.
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.
A project promoting introduction of media literacy in the Georgian formal education system has been launched with the aim of helping students develop critical thinking, effective communication and civic participation.
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 Communications Commission (ComCom) of Georgia, with the support of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, will train 200 teachers in ten Georgian regions, including areas populated by minorities, in combating disinformation, the press office of the ComCom announced on Friday.
Ekaterine Imedadze, a member of the Communications Commission of Georgia, addressed the World Summit on the Information Society with comments about the development of the information technologies and the role of the regulatory body in the process, the Commission said on Monday.
Kakha Bekauri, the Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission, on Wednesday said “polarised and politically biased” journalistic environment was among challenges of the domestic media, in comments on the body’s 2021 report to the Parliament.
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.
Projects implemented by the Communications Commission of Georgia for protecting rights of consumers and developing media literacy were introduced by the body’s member Vakhtang Abashidze to the audience of the international conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Tbilisi on Thursday, the state body said.
The National Competition Agency of Georgia has signed memorandums for strengthening cooperation with Austrian and Serbian counterpart institutions at an international conference on competition and consumer rights running in Tbilisi, the body said on Wednesday.