Elon Musk says Starlink high-speed internet now available in Georgia
Musk made the reveal on his social media X, formerly known as Twitter, with the announcement following the Georgian National Communications Commission’s authorisation for the launch of Starlink satellite internet service via the billionaire’s SpaceX corporation in the country in 2022. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Elon Musk, the CEO of the Starlink satellite internet provider, on Wednesday announced the company’s high-speed internet access was now available in Georgia.
Musk made the reveal on his social media X, formerly known as Twitter, with the announcement following the Georgian National Communications Commission’s authorisation for the launch of Starlink satellite internet service via the billionaire’s SpaceX corporation in the country in 2022.
Starlink now available in Georgia! https://t.co/nNiA6HokA4
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2023
In its comment on the news, the Communications Commission said Georgia was the first country in the Black Sea region where Starlink internet was made available.
The Starlink service was created to bring online connectivity to areas across the world where the network has proven to be difficult to maintain or unavailable.
The Commission said the broadband service would now be accessible to locations like mountainous settlements across the country.
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 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.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering Georgia to be one of the first pilot countries where the company will provide satellite internet, announces the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA). "SpaceX has shown interest in the internetization process of Georgia. It is considering the involvement of Georgia and the Georgian people in its future plans”, reads the press-release published by the GITA.
Stargazers in Georgia are gearing up to watch and record a string of "satellite train" in the night sky, as the constellation of the SpaceX Starlink hardware is expected to cross the space on Monday evening.
The High Technology and Innovation Development Centre of Tbilisi has become the first organisation in Georgia to receive the high-speed internet from the Starlink service after the latter’s official introduction to the country on Wednesday.
The Georgian National Communications Commission on Wednesday said the service for providing fixed internet at speeds of 100 Mbps was 136 percent more expensive in Georgia compared to European states, while costs for mobile internet packages with 10 GB of data and 1795 minutes of talk time were 35 percent higher in the country.
Kakha Bekauri, the Chair of the Georgian National Communications Commission, on Wednesday rejected a statement by the domestic internet and mobile telecommunications operator MagtiCom, which on Tuesday called for an Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation of his work, as “absurd accusations”.