“The decision taken by the Communications Commission is a step towards creating a more competitive market,” according to the head of the EU expert group involved in the comprehensive study of the fixed broadband market commissioned by ComCom, Domagoj Jurjevic.  According to Mr. Jurjevic, although the research was carried out in accordance with the EU market analysis methodology and best practices, all findings were based on the data obtained from the Georgian telecom market. ...

To facilitate integration of media literacy into formal education, ComCom trained 70 teachers using the learning module developed as part of the project. The trained teachers will teach media literacy as an optional subject to 10th, 11th and 12th grade pupils. Students who choose the subject will learn media and information language, information processing, types of disinformation, as well as methods of detecting fake news and determining the truth using a variety of techniques.  The ...

The Communications Commission has issued Mtavari Arkhi with a written caution for airing political advertising in violation of the law. In July of this year, the station aired video clips showing members of parliament who supported the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence and depicting them in a negative context. The Commission found that the video clips served to hinder the election of political unions and their representatives who will potentially be participating in the parliamentary ...

ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze and Head of IR Service Nino Grdzelishvili took part in the annual Global Symposium of Regulators (GSR-24) organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The event served to bring together representatives of regulatory bodies from the field of telecommunications and technology, policy makers and digital industry stakeholders in order to share experiences on current regulatory issues.  Within the framework of the event, Ekaterine Imedadze took ...

ComCom member Natia Kukuladze took part in the forum Strong Diaspora in the Service of the Motherland, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark Diaspora Day. The purpose of the meeting was to deepen the ties and cooperation between the state and diaspora, as well as to discuss the existing challenges and opportunities and increase the role of the diaspora in the development of the country.  Participants worked in three different thematic groups, discussing and exchanging ...

The Communications Commission has successfully held the eleventh edition of the medial literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?” Over 100 pupils from different regions across Georgia took part in the competition. A competent jury panel evaluated the submissions and identified three winners who received high-tech prizes from the Commission. According to the rules of the contest, participants were required to identify fake news in the media space (internet, television and printed media) ...

The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) has published an overview of the media literacy development projects implemented by the Communications Commission. Titled “Media Literacy and Consumer Empowerment,” the article talks about facilitating the integration of media literacy into formal education by ComCom, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth and UNICEF, and the results achieved in this regard.  “Since 2018, the ComCom Media Literacy Department has been ...

The Communications Commission has approved the rules for the access of authorised entities to the electronic communication and physical infrastructure, the methodology for calculating the access fee in the event of a dispute, and the rules for the administration of the unified information platform. The adoption of normative acts was assigned to the Communications Commission by the law of Georgia on the Sharing Telecommunication Infrastructure and Physical Infrastructure Applicable for ...

Head of the ComCom Spectrum and Technology Department Sandro Karumidze and Head of the planning group Giorgi Papava took part in the 19th European Spectrum Management Conference in Brussels. The event was aimed at deepening regional dialogue and promoting discussion on spectrum management issues.  During the meeting, participants had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and share the best practices of fellow regulators. The conference discussed such important issues as the need to ...