Cooperation with the International Telecommunications Union - ITU Georgia, by the representation of the Ministry of Post and Communications (Category - Administration), became a member of the International Telecommunications Union on January 7, 1993. On June 20, 1994 Georgia has acceded to the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunications Union. Georgian National Communications Commission cooperates with the International Telecommunications Union since its creation, ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions. These services were originally performed under U.S. Government contract by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other ...

On 5-6 July 2002, in Tbilisi, within the joint project of the European Commission and the European Council, a working meeting related to broadcasting regulation and its future perspectives was held. The meeting was organized by the European Council and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. The aim of this meeting was to encourage the fulfillment of obligations of Georgia, as a member country of the European Council. The meeting demonstrated the necessity to establish a new legislation in the ...

One of the preconditions for the development of the telecommunications sector is the introduction of international standards in this sector. The Georgian National Communications Commission actively collaborates with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute in order to get acquainted with General European, Harmonized standards and to introduce them. On 20-21 November 2001, the Commission became the associated member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, on the ...

Taking into consideration the experience of UNDP in the field of development of informational and communications technologies, in January 2004, on the initiative of the World Bank and the Georgian National Communications Commission, the UNDP and the Commission signed an agreement. On the basis of this agreement, the UNDP elaborated a draft of frame-document of development of informational and communications technologies in Georgia. This document determines the role, aims and tasks, strategy, ...

The World Bank assists Georgia in the establishment of a regulatory regime in the field of telecommunications. The regional vice-president of the World Bank, leader of the Department of Georgia of the Directorate of the South Caucasus and the whole telecommunications team of the World Bank, since its creation, provide a great assistance to Georgia in establishment and development of a regulating authority in the field of telecommunications. On the basis of the recommendations of the World ...

Taking into consideration the great experience of the European countries, the European Commission and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development attached a special importance to the regulating authority of the telecommunications field. The components essential for the development of effective regulatory mechanisms have been determined. In order to establish a contemporary regulatory base in the field of communications, “the Program Developing Georgian Communications Regulation” has ...

The project supporting the institutional development of the Georgian National Communications Commission began in October 2000. The project considered the assistance of American experts in management, regulation, legal, technical and economical aspects. The Commission accepted and took into consideration the recommendations of the United States Agency for international Development, related to frequency spectrum management, organizational management, interconnection, tariffs and regulation and ...

Frequency Allocation Plan for TV and Radio Broadcasting (Explanation Letter) The frequency allocation plan for TV and radio broadcasting contains a list of frequencies allocated to the Georgian cities and populated areas, information on the location of transmission antennas, middle radius of their activity, information on the effective radiated power (ERP) of the antennas, and the radiation diagram type. The plan is based on the planned network of broadcasting frequencies, which was devised by ...