The Communications Commission has deemed Rustavi 2 to have violated the Election Code of Georgia by refusing to place free political advertising, and issued the broadcaster with an administrative violation report.  The Commission received a complaint from the political union Unity – National Movement, according to which, Rustavi 2 has not aired the free political adverts submitted by the party since 10 October. On that day, Teleimedi and PosTV publically announced that they would no...

The Communications Commission has deemed Teleimedi and Rustavi 2 to have violated the Election Code of Georgia by refusing to place paid political advertising, and issued the broadcasters with administrative violation reports.  The Commission received a complaint from the political union Strong Georgia – Lelo, For the People, For Freedom, according to which, despite signing an agreement for the placement of paid political advertising, as well as earlier rulings by ComCom and the...

The Communications Commission has declared Magticom the winner of combined lot N1 in the second auction for the implementation of 5G mobile internet. The total cost of the lot was GEL 48,802,257. The operator has already paid 30% of the total amount into the state budget and obtained a license for the use of 700 MHz and 3410-3710 MHz frequency bands for a period of 15 years. The remaining 70% must be paid by Magticom within a year after obtaining the license.  Magticom has also applied for...

The Communications Commission has issued Sezoni TV with a written caution for violating the Georgian legislation. Monitoring activities carried out by the Commission established that in September this year, Sezoni TV aired the programme Daily Roundup with Nikoloz Mzhavanadze at 21:00, where obscene and offensive language was used both by the presenter and the guest.  According to the Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, programmes containing obscene and offensive language are inappropriate for...

The Communications Commission has issued Teleimedi, PosTv and Studio Maestro with administrative violation reports for refusing to air the free political advertising of Unity – National Movement. Additionally, PosTV was found to have violated the Election Code of Georgia by unlawfully disseminating the results of a public opinion poll.  The Commission received a complaint from the political union Unity – National Movement, according to which, Teleimedi, PosTV and Studio Maestro...

The Communications Commission calls on the election observation missions to respond to the unprecedented and alarming violations of the law by broadcasters during the pre-election campaign for the 2024 parliamentary elections. Instances of the broadcasters violating the law have not only been identified by the Commission, but also backed up by numerous court decisions. Nevertheless, the election observation missions are yet to respond to these alarming events.  During...

The Communications Commission has deemed Rustavi 2 to have violated the Election Code of Georgia by refusing to place paid political advertising, while Teleimedi has been deemed to have violated the Election Code by refusing to place paid political advertising and unlawfully disseminating the results of a public opinion poll. Both broadcasters have been issued with an administrative violation report.  In case of Rustavi 2, the Commission received a complaint from the political union Strong...

The fourth international scientific conference Telecommunications and Security is being held in Tbilisi with the support of the Communications Commission. The event, which serves to discuss new ideas and initiatives and exchange experience between academics, scientists, professors, researchers and experts in the field of telecommunications and cyber security, is organised by the Scientific Cyber Security Association and Internet development Initiative, with the support of the Caucasus...

The Communications Commission has deemed TV Formula to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued the broadcaster with and administrative violation report.  On 1 October, the Commission received a letter from TV Formula regarding the assignment of the status of a qualified electoral subject to the political union Gakharia for Georgia. According to the Election Code of Georgia, a broadcaster is authorised to recognise a political party as a qualified electoral subject, provided...

The Communications Commission has deemed Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula to have violated the Election Code of Georgia and issued the broadcasters with an administrative violation report.  The Commission received a complaint from Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia, according to which the aforementioned broadcasters refused to air the party’s political advertising. In response, Mtavari Arkhi, TV Pirveli and Formula presented a letter stating that they refused to air the...