Telecommunication in Georgia

No state- or private company-owned satellite, major contracted satellites – INTELSAT, TURKSAT and EUTELSAT. Fiber optic cable network system is functioning as in the capital of Georgia – Tbilisi, so in regions. The magistral fiber optic cable is organized by STM-4 and STM-16 systems of SDH generation. It belongs to the private operator company Foptnet. There are two connection points with Trans-Asia-Europe project – Poti and Tbilisi 7. Internet Service Providers – licensed – 30, actively working 6 with around 100.000 subscribers (<2.5% countrywide, approximately 7% in Tbilisi). Internet connection is realized by dial-up, leased lines and DSL technology. Since 2004 the wireless connection through Motorola’s Canopy technology is available (Point to Point and Point to Multipoint connections in 5,7 GHz Frequency range with TDD / TDMA Half / Full Duplex RJ45 Auto Detect 10 / 100 BaseT Interface).

Number of telephones countrywide – 600.000 (140 per 1.000 population), in Tbilisi – over 450.000 (340 per 1.000). Number of decade-step automatic phone stations countrywide – 33; coordinate automatic phone stations – 48; electron automatic phone stations – 12; digital automatic phone stations – 19. Length of interurban magistral routes – 4.173,5 km; coaxial and symmetrical interurban magistral routes – 7.142 km; air magistral routes – 350,4 km; radio relay lines – 803 km.

Mobile phones – 3 operators (2 GSM standard, 1 – analogue) with over 350.000 mobile phone users 11, 12. MagtiCom – 55.9% subscribers; Geocell – 37.3% subscribers; MegaCom – 6.8% subscribers.