Georgian Communications Commission member highlights domestic market support efforts in World Summit on Information Society
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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.
Representing the body responsible for broadcasting and electronic communication in the country, Imedadze made her remarks at the event that closed on Friday in Geneva.
She shared information about initiatives of the Commission for promoting competition in the market by removing barriers to entry and introducing new technology.
She told the audience of the Summit the Commission was creating a “supportive and competitive” environment for market players, following “various European models”, in order to promote investments.
Reviewing regional opportunities for Georgia, Imedadze noted it was important for the regulatory agency to create a data exchange centre in the country and contribute to efforts of transforming it into a digital hub of the South Caucasus using underwater digital corridors.
The five-day Summit was sponsored by the United Nations and hosted industry professionals from information and communications sectors in experience-sharing and networking.
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 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.
The Georgian Communications Commission has approved the sale of Watertrail Industries and Investico Alliance, two companies that own Veon Georgia (Beeline), the third largest mobile internet services provider in the country.
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.
The Georgian National Communications Commission will update the National Plan for Radio Frequency Distribution in order to provide consumers with innovative service and implement modern systems in the country, Chairman Kakha Bekauri said on Thursday in comments on the body’s 2022 report to the Parliament.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Thursday highlighted the progress made over the recent years in developing “healthy competition” for the country’s business sector and ensuring consumer rights at the international conference Competition and Consumer Protection, hosted in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
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.