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Telecommunications Development in Georgia

Telecommunications Development in Georgia. Experts predict the breakthrough in the Telecommunication sector in the next two year based on the NEXT GENERATION NETWORK. Therefore, it is of great importance to study the readiness of the telecommunications sector of the country for this development.

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Telecommunications Development in Georgia

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  1. TelecommunicationsDevelopment in Georgia

  2. Experts predict the breakthrough in the Telecommunication sector in the next two year based on the NEXT GENERATION NETWORK

  3. Therefore, it is of great importance to study the readiness of the telecommunications sector of the country for this development

  4. The overall growth of the sector The income of • US$40 million in 1996. • US$180 million in 2001 • More than US$200 million in 2002

  5. Density of Communications Density (number per 100 inhabitants), % • Telephone 12 • Mobile phone 6,5 • Internet-linked computers 0.6

  6. Local telephone communications (PSTN) • Georgian Elkavshiri 600 thou users (state-owned) • Akhali Kselebi 100 thou users (private) • Tbilisi has a capacity of 26 telephones/100 inhabitants

  7. Local telephone communications (PSTN) • The present situation has been achieved as a result of the installation of electronic exchange stations (70% of total capacity) carried out by Turkish, Israeli, Korean and other foreign companies.

  8. International and trunk telephone communications • 800 digital satellite lines connect Georgian operators to the networks of companies: • Sprint, • AT & T • MCI • SCOTTCO • Deutsche Telecom

  9. International and trunk telephone communications Fiber-optic lines • Total length of them is 446 km (10% of all trunk lines) • This is mainly Georgian segment of TransAsia-Europe fiber-optic line under construction: • Poti-Rize (Turkey) and Poti-Varna (Bulgaria); • the line passing along Armenia-Azerbaijan-Georgia Railways

  10. Mobile (cellular) telephony Fig. 9.3. Cellular communications growth (number of subscribers, thou)

  11. Mobile (cellular) telephony The largest companies • MAGTI 210 thou users • Geocell 80 thou users • Megacom 5 thou users Two operators use GSM 900/1800 technology and one uses AMPS 800

  12. The Internet • 11 commercial providers • 4 non-commercial providers • The number of users is estimated at approximately 40 thou. • number of Internet-linked computers amounts to 12 thou

  13. The Internet Fig. 9.5. Number of Internet-linked computers

  14. The Internet Sanet Network Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service via ordinary (copper) telephone lines speed of downloads from Internet up to 8Mbps; speed of uploads - up to 768Kbps

  15. The Internet Sanet Network ADSL service • (Monthly Fee includes 500 Mb of received information by an User and one free POP3 type e-mail account) $55.00/month • Each additional Megabyte of (received) information $ 0.07/Mb • ADSL Modem/Router $ 110

  16. Regulatory environment • State policy in the telecommunications sector is being elaborated and pursued by: • Ministry of Transport and Communications • Regulatory Commission • Coordinating Council for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies • State Department of Informatization

  17. Regulatory environment Georgian Laws concerning Telecommunications sector • The Law on Communications and Post, dated 23 June, 1999; • The Law on the Press and other Mass Information Media, dated 10 August 1991; • Georgian Law No. 686, dated 13 December 2000, "concerning amendments and supplements to certain legal acts of Georgia” (including licensing in the field of communication).

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