For airing political advertising in violation of the law, the Communications Commission fined Mtavari Arkhi GEL 2500 and issued a written caution to PosTV. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in July of this year, the broadcasters aired video clips containing political advertising, namely:  The political video clips aired by Mtavari Arkhi presented the Law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence in a negative context, describing it as a “Russian...

To integrate media literacy into formal education, the Communications Commission used the media literacy teaching module to train 80 teachers, who will be able to choose the subject from the new academic year. The meetings were led by media literacy scholar and textbook author Natalia Ingorokva, who informed the participants in detail about the media literacy educational standard and the “Media Literacy Lessons” textbook. The trained teachers will teach 10th, 11th and...

The Communications Commission has announced a second auction for the implementation of 5G mobile internet. 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 an auction for the implementation of 5G. The first such auction took place a year ago, with only Cellfie Mobile taking part. The auction will be announced for 17 lots that include 700, 3410-3710 and 2600 MHz...

The Communications Commission has issued TV Alt-Info with a written caution for airing political advertising in violation of the law. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in July of this year, the broadcaster aired a video clip that falls in the category of political advertising.   In the video clip in question, an Alt-Info representative states that despite the unlawful moves by Georgian Dream to ban their political parties, they will be taking part in the...

“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...

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)...