Member of the Communications Commission Ekaterine Imedadze attended the 2025 Leaders’ Summit held in Dubai, where she participated in the G20 format discussion dedicated to increasing monetisation opportunities through artificial intelligence and 5G, creating an inclusive telecommunications environment, and discussing the development of innovative business models based on digital services. During the meeting, Ms. Imedadze reviewed the latest developments in the Georgian telecom sector and...

Chief Expert on International Relations of the Communications Commission, Mzia Gogilashvili, attended the International Regulatory Conference (IRC) in North Macedonia dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the 25th anniversary of the Agency for Electronic Communications of North Macedonia (AEC). On behalf of the Eastern Partnership Electronic Communications Regulators Network (EaPeReg), she talked about the cooperation with ITU and the need to...

The Communications Commission has announced the third auction for the implementation of 5G internet at the request of the company Silknet. As it is vitally important for the Commission to facilitate the implementation of new technologies, it took the request of operators into account and allowed them to participate in another auction.  in order to implement 5G technology and provide customers with high-quality services. The Commission held the first auction in 2023, with only Cellfie...

ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze and Head of the International Relations Office, Nino Grdzelishvili, took part in M360 Eurasia Forum 2025 – an event organised by the Global System Mobile Association (GSMA) in Tashkent. During the event, the ComCom representatives also attended a workshop of the UK Telecommunications Academy (UKTA) on eliminating digital inequality.  During the session held within the framework of the GSMA Eurasia Forum, which focussed on encouraging mobile...

ComCom member Ivane Makharadze and Head of Media Services Regulation Department, Kote Koridze, took part in the 61st meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA), which served to elect the new leadership of the organisation and discuss the ways of overcoming the current challenges in the field of media regulation. The event also celebrated the 30th anniversary of EPRA.  The meeting discussed a number of topical issues regarding media regulation. Specifically,...

The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has successfully held the startup contest Ideadrome for the tenth time. The Commission identified 3 winners who received cash prizes of GEL 5000 and GEL 2500. Ideadrome serves to discover startups and support them in product development. The first place went to the AdMagica AI project, which helps e-commerce businesses save costs and create sales-oriented advertising and marketing strategies using artificial intelligence. The second place was...

ComCom member Natia Kukuladze, Head of Media Literacy Department Mariam Dakhundaridze and Head of International Relations Office Nino Grdzelishvili held working meetings with their Finnish colleagues in order to share best practices in the field of media literacy and strengthen mutual cooperation in this area.  The meetings were attended by representatives of the agencies and organisations responsible for the formation and implementation of media literacy policy, including a representative...

The total commercial advertising revenues of TV and radio broadcasters in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 5% year-over-year to GEL 16.4 million. TV broadcasters alone collected GEL 14.8 million in advertising revenues (5.7% more than in the previous year).  Direct advertising accounted for 74% of the total advertising revenues in Q1 2025, sponsorship accounted for 14.8%, and product placement accounted for 10.8%.  Once again, Teleimedi had the largest share of commercial TV...

The Communications Commission, with the support of UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, held a conference on the subject of “Integration of Media Literacy into Formal Education – the Role of Teachers and Practical Approaches.” The event served to facilitate integration of media literacy into formal education, involve more schools in this process, and share experience in teaching media literacy. The conference was attended by teachers, school principals and...

The Communications Commission has issued the TV broadcasters Teleimedi, Rustavi 2, Formula and Agromedia with a written caution for product placement violations. The Commission carried out monitoring of the programmes aired by the aforementioned broadcasters and found numerous product placement violations that affected the programme content and afforded excessive significance to the products. In case of Teleimedi, additional violations of sponsor identification rules were identified.  Due...