GNCC has increased tariff caps for the incoming international call termination to Georgia (call setup) for the operators holding significant power and has extended the validity for the next six months. The tariffs to enter into force on February 1, 2016. According to the decision, floor cap for one minute for international incoming calls for the mobile operators holding the significant market power has been defined to total 0.25 US dollar equivalent of the local currency.  For the ...

GNCC has issued a written warning on an entity authorized to broadcast- “Shoni XXI” Ltd for re-transmitting some broadcasting channels without proper permits and licenses. Within current administrative proceedings, the company was unable to present the documentation proving legal re-transmission of following broadcasting channels: “Media Union Objectivi,” “Palitra TV,” TV 11,” “Marao,” “Comedy Channel,” “Tabula,” ...

In accordance to the decision of December 29, 2015, GNCC has announced a contest in order to select an administrator for subscriber number portability central database. According to the contest’s terms and conditions, the citizen of Georgia or a resident legal entity of the foreign country who has provided administrative services for subscriber number portability central database at least in two countries, and the cost for the provision of the noted service doesn’t exceed 500 000 ...

Submission of applications at GNCC for the contest announced in order to obtain radio broadcasting licenses in Tbilisi at FM 93,1 and in Akhaltsikhe at FM 97.5 – has ended. In Tbilisi, “TV-Style” Ltd will try to obtain a radio broadcasting license, as for Akhaltsikhe - NNLE “ South Gate Union.” According to the Commission’s decision, winning bidders will become the holders of private- general radio broadcasting licenses, broadcasting 18 hours per day. The ...

GNCC has reviewed a complaint submitted by the NNLE “Solidarity Fund of Georgia” against “Imedi TV” Ltd and has assigned the company to broadcast social advertising that has been prepared by the fund. The fund has been founded in June 9, 2014, in accordance with the Decree N1022 of the Prime-Minister of Georgia and its goal is to mobilize alternative (non-budget) resources by means of so-called innovative funding mechanisms with a participation of public, private sector ...

GNCC, in accordance with the amendments made in the Georgian law “on Broadcasting” on June 17, 2015, has carried out the modification of 74 radio broadcasting licenses. In compliance with the amendments made in the law, open procedure for the issuance of licenses for the use of radio frequency spectrum in order to ensure radio broadcasting has been maintained the same. In accordance with the same changes, the broadcaster chooses broadcasting language/languages. Also, specification ...

GNCC, based on a request submitted by NNLP “Non-Commercial Media-Union Obieqtivi,” has amended company’s authorization certificate. TV-Company “Obieqtivi” is a private-general TV broadcaster, which broadcasts via Free-to-Air digital broadcasting network, 24 hours, across the whole Georgian territory.  TV-Company had indicated state language as a broadcasting language, but in accordance with the changes made in the authorization, company will be able to ...

GNCC has imposed sanctions on several authorized entities due to the failure to submit regulation fee calculations and forms of statistical reports.  “CTV” Ltd – an entity, authorized to broadcast, has not submitted forms of statistical reports to the Commission for several months as well as the regulation fee calculations.  The company has already received written warning due to similar violations, therefore, this time, it has been sanctioned to pay the fine in the ...

GNCC has issued 2 new permits for the use of numbering resource. “Global Connections” Ltd, in Tbilisi, in order to ensure fixed telephony services, has obtained in total two thousand (2000) permits for the use of subscriber numbers  at the following index: 283 0XXX-283 1999. Annual cost for the use of numbering resource is 200 Gel. “Geonet” Ltd has obtained subscriber number 1-6-1-1-2 for its authorized activities for the purpose to ensure non-telecommunications ...

14-15 December, Tbilisi Hotel „Radisson“ 14-15 December, 2015, Council of Europe in partnership with Georgian National Communications Commission conducts Internet Governance Forum – Human Rights in the Internet Space. The forum to be opened on December 14, at 9:30 am, by the head representative of Council of Europe – Mr Christian Urse, the audience to be addressed with a welcome speech by the Chairman of the Georgian National Communications Commission Mr Vakhtang ...