Today, the Georgian National Communications Commission set the date of public hearing and main sessions on competitions for radio broadcasting license. The public hearing session on competitions for radio broadcasting license will be held at the GNCC on December 2, 2013, at 16:00. At the session the Broadcasting Monitoring Department of the Commission will present a conclusion regarding the broadcasting conceptions. Besides, the license seekers and all interested parties will be given ...

  Today the public hearing session on competitions for radio broadcasting licenses has been postponed due to absence of quorum. We remind you that the Commission has commenced public administrative proceedings with the purpose of issuing eight new radio broadcasting licenses. Three companies Broadcasting House Ltd, Radio Georgia Ltd and Europe Plus Tbilisi Ltd participate in the competitions. The Commission will later release the information regarding the public hearing session on ...

  Akaki Sikharulidze, Commission Member, was appointed to the position of the acting Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC). According to the amendments made to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, which has been in force as of the moment of swearing in of Georgia’s new President Giorgi Margvelashvili, in case of resignation or absence of the chairperson or incapability of fulfilling his/her duties, the oldest Commission member shall be appointed to ...

  Karlo Kvitaishvili, Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission, appealed to court. Karlo Kvitaishvili appeals against the decision of November 1, 2013 of the Georgian Parliament on his dismissal from the position of the Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission. Kutaisi City Court has already commenced the appeal proceeding and the judicial proceeding will be scheduled in the upcoming days. The Georgian National Communications Commission notified ...

The Georgian National Communications Commission held monitoring of radio frequency spectrum to reveal illegal functioning of the Russian mobile operator (MTC) on the occupied territory (former South Ossetia) of Georgia. Radio monitoring was once again held on November 1, 2013 and the use of radio frequency spectrum was checked on the territory of Shida Kartli region villages Ergneti, Ditsi, Dvani, Nikozi, Arbo, Mereti and Tergisi. The Monitoring results confirmed the functioning of the ...

  Term of the licenses of Radio Georgia and Radio Imedi has been prolonged for a ten-year period at the session held today at the Georgian National Communications Commission. Radio Georgia carries out private specialized (entertaining) radio broadcasting in Tbilisi at FM 103.4. For the license term prolongation the company has to pay 10 692 GEL to the State budget of Georgia within one year. Term of the license owned by Radio Imedi has also been prolonged for a ten-year period. Within ...

  The Georgian National Communications Commission makes a statement concerning the changes made to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting on September 27, 2013. Due to the changes made to the Law rules for assignment of Commissioner of independent regulatory bodies as well as procedures for Commissioner’s dismissal have been changed, consequently, Commissioner’s dismissal procedure is simplified, which in our opinion significantly reduces the degree of independence and security of ...

  The Georgian National Communications Commission hosts Houlin Zhao, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Meeting with Houlin Zhao, ITU Deputy Secretary-General will be held at the Georgian National Communications Commission on October 17, 2013, at 13:00. The meeting will be led by Karlo Kvitaishvili, Chairman of the Commission. Commission Members and Heads will also attend the meeting with ITU delegation. The purpose of the visit is to discuss ...

The Georgian National Communications Commission approved property declaration forms which must be submitted by natural persons and legal entities to receive license in broadcasting fields. In accordance with amendments made to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, license seeker natural persons and legal entities are imposed obligation to fill in property declaration forms. Pursuant to amendments, elaboration and approval of property declaration forms was imposed on the Georgian National ...

The Georgian National Communications Commission’s decision remained in force by Tbilisi City Court’s decision. Radio Maestro (Georgian Radio Ltd) appealed against the Commission’s Decision regarding the company’s two-year restriction on participation in competitions for broadcasting licenses. We remind you that Radio Maestro was announced the winner of the competition for the radio broadcasting license held in Gudauri on February 25, 2013. The company had to pay 20 % ...