The Georgian National Communications Commission imposed a fine on a cable operator  - private entrepreneur “Zurab Mamukelashvili” i.e. “Ateni TV” at the session held today. After checking it was ascertained that the company was retransmitting the following channels “Teleimedi”, “Deutshe Welle” and “TV 5 MONDE” via its cable network without any authority. The representative of the company presented the authorization for retransmission of the channel “Teleimedi” at the session ...

  The Georgian National Communications Commission imposed a fine on a cable operator GNN at the session held today. The company was carrying out illegal retransmission of the Argentine Football Championship on TV channel “Football” via its own cable network without any authority. The Georgian National Communications Commission in the process of administrative proceedings ascertained that the company GMG has the exclusive right to transmit the mentioned Championship. The corresponding ...

  Along with other items the item regarding the warning of three regional broadcasters was passed at the session held at the Georgian National Communications Commission. These regional broadcasters are:  broadcasting company of Kvemo kartli - Kvemo Kartli TV and Radio Company, broadcasting company of Poti – 9th Wave and Independent broadcasting company of Guria. The Georgian National Communications Commission is disputing with three companies about violation of the Georgian Law on ...

  The numbering of fixed wireless networks of Magtifix and Silknet shall be changed on June 27, 2011, 01:00. From June 27 subscribers of mobile networks and fixed local networks in order to make a call to subscribers of Magtifix shall dial the following numbering code: 8-790 XX XX XX and to make a call to subscribers of fixed wireless network of Silknet they shall dial: 8-791 XX XX XX. Subscribers of fixed wireless networks of Magtifix and Silknet in order to make a call to mobile ...

  The governing board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program. Presently, there are 22 generic top-level domains, which include: .com, .edu, .org, .net and etc. The process of work on the program launched three years ago. The program will extend the Top-Level Domains (TLDs) by allowing companies, organizations and cities to use their own domain names. For example: .hotel, .Tbilisi, .commission, .Rustavi ...

  Five-year dispute between Akhali Kselebi Ltd and JSC Silknet has been settled. The parties presented the act of agreement at the session held at the Georgian National Communications Commission. The dispute between Akhali Kselebi Ltd and JSC United Telecommunications Company of Georgia began in 2006. JSC United Telecommunications Company of Georgia has been renamed twice since then, first it was named United Telecom, and nowadays the company operates on telecom market as JSC Silknet. ...

  The Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission, Irakli Chikovani, took part in the Conference “Implementation of Number Portability beyond Europe’s Borders”. The Conference was held in Barcelona. The Conference was organized by the European Commission and supported by Spain’s Telecommunications Market Commission. The legal, technological and procedural matters of implementation of Number Portability were discussed within the framework of the two-day Conference. The ...

  Georgia Authors Society notified the Georgian National Communications Commission that the so called “pirate versions” of the film “5 Days of August” have been distributed on certain web sites (10 different web sites). The cinematographic production has been placed on these web sites through infringement of the Georgian Law on “Copyright and Adjoining Rights “. The Georgian National Communications Commission will take all appropriate measures in regard to the matter and the owners of ...

  The Georgian National Communications Commission informs you that in accordance with the Charter on National Numbering System of Electronic Communications Networks of Georgia the numbering of mobile networks shall be changed from June 20, 2011, 00:00. The mobile subscriber number shall be added “5” as the first digit, for instance, subscriber number      77-XX-XX-XX shall be replaced by 577-XX-XX-XX; in order to make a call from fixed telephone number, for ...

  “Super TV” Ltd applied to the Georgian National Communications Commission and notified that the majority of the cable operators acting in Tbilisi carry out transit of broadcasting of channels for which they are not authorized to broadcast on the territory of Georgia. “Super TV” Ltd meant “НТВ Плюс” channels package, namely:  “НТВ Плюс Премьера”, “НТВ Плюс Кинохит” and “НТВ Плюс Киноклуб”. Besides, according to the information of “Super TV” Ltd, all the cable broadcasters are ...