“Starlink’s high-speed internet is now available in Georgia,” Elon Musk has stated. The Communications Commission issued authorisation to Starlink in July 2022. Based on the terms of authorisation, SpaceX will use its Starlink satellite network to provide broadband internet services in Georgia. Starlink is one of the world’s leading satellite broadband systems that provides access to fast broadband internet across the world, including in places where access to internet ...

The Communications Commission concluded the Global Media and Information Literacy Week with a summary conference, with the objective of sharing the strategic vision of media literacy and successful international examples, and discussing the challenges in this field. Chairman of the Communications Commission Kakha Bekauri opened the conference and summarised the events held during the Global Media and Information Literacy Week. He emphasised the importance of media literacy in the development of ...

Within the framework of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the Communications Commission invited leading international digital and media literacy expert, founder of the Media Education Lab and author of 12 books on media research and education, Professor Renee Hobbs, to Georgia. During the public lecture for university students held at the Tbilisi State University, Renee Hobbs explained the importance of media literacy to the audience. The hybrid meeting was attended by a total of ...

Within the framework of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the Media Lab of the Communications Commission held a media literacy hackaton for young people, which aimed to identify media literacy-related challenges and innovative ways of resolving them. 10 teams took part in the hackathon. With the help of professional trainers and mentors, they developed business projects on the issues of ed-tech, protection against fake news and access to information. The Communications Commission ...

As part of the Global Media Literacy Week, the Communications Commission organised a presentation for teachers of the new “Hello Ruby” textbook by author and European Commission’s digital ambassador Linda Liukas. The meeting was attended by up to 80 teachers from various regions of Georgia. The new textbook consists of 4 volumes. Georgia is the second country where the new textbook has been translated and published by ComCom. It will be used by 80 schools across the country to ...

ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze took part in the international business forum on innovations organised by the Kutaisi International University (KIU), where she talked about the Commission’s role in the development of digital technologies. The main theme of the forum was “Digital Transformation: A New Vision of Education for the Future.” The goal of the event was to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in the education sector.  The forum included panel discussions on ...

As part of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, the Communications Commission marked Media Literacy Day in schools throughout Georgia by organising various activities to develop critical thinking among teenagers. During the Media Literacy Day, teachers and students discussed the topic of fake news and its harmful effects. In addition, cognitive activities such as the preparation of informative banners and videos, group assignments, film screenings, discussions and simulation games ...

ComCom’s Head of Media Services Department Konstantine Koridze, Head of IR Services Nino Grdzelishvili and chief specialist of the legal group Tamar Khukhunaishvili took part in the 58th annual meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) in Bucharest. The main topics of the meeting were the use of media and information for the public good and the future of content delivery. ComCom representatives informed their colleagues about the current situation in Georgia and ...

The Communications Commission, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science and the financial backing of UNICEF, held informational meetings in Batumi, Ozurgeti, Zugdidi and Kutaisi to promote the integration of media literacy into formal education. More than 160 school principals took part in the event, which included a presentation on the subject of media literacy and the educational resources created witin the framework of the project to integrate media literacy into formal ...

The Communications Commission opened the Global Media and Information Literacy Week with a meeting with teachers at the Ministry of Education and Science, which included a presentation of the new media literacy standard and textbook. The forum was attended by up to 60 teachers, with another 40 individuals joining in online mode. The opening speeches were made by ComCom member Natia Kukuladze, Deputy Minister of Education Tamar Makharashvili, UNICEF Georgia representative Jesper Moller, and ...