ComCom members Ivane Makharadze and Natia Kukuladze, and Head of the IR Service Nino Grdzelishvili took part in the 59th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) hosted by the Dutch media regulator CvdM.   The event included two themed sessions: “Media Literacy and Elections,” and “Artificial Intelligence and Media Regulation.” The first session focussed on the issues of media literacy and digital citizenship, as well as the importance...

“The fixed fibre-optic broadband service market in Georgia is uncompetitive and non-dynamic, which is restrictive and damaging for the consumers.” These are the findings of the EU experts who took part in the comprehensive study commissioned by ComCom. The experts deemed Magticom to be an operator with significant market power and identified specific obligations that they believe will overcome the challenges of competition and enable Georgian consumers to have access to diverse and...

As part of the media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?”, the Communications Commission trained 150 pupils of public schools in Marneuli, Gurjaani, Sagarejo, and the village of Saimerlo. The meetings were led by ComCom Media Literacy Department representative Tamar Karbaia, who explained the terms of the contest and the issues relating to the submission process and fake news detection to the youngsters.  Using materials from BBC Academy, students shared their methods of...

The Media Academy of the Communications Commission held a two-day seminar for TV cameramen led by Reuters reporter David Chkhikvishvili. During the meeting, the trainer shared his experience, which includes many years of covering protests, wars and numerous other domestic and international events. As part of the meeting, the cameramen got acquainted with the technique of telling a story with one shot; planning the filming; choosing the proper lighting, focus and composition; and stress...

Students trained as part of the media literacy contest “Truth or Fiction?” trained around 130 pupils of 9th, 10th and 11th grades at Tbilisi public schools Nº8, 29, 143 and 145 in media literacy. The students had taken part in the “Truth or Fiction?” contest, where they were selected as winners. With the help of media literacy experts, they underwent training in teaching media literacy to further their career development, and obtained certified trainer...

The Communications Commission, with the support of UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth, continues to actively integrate media literacy into formal education. As part of this process, one of the teachers trained by ComCom headed a media literacy lesson at Public School Nº175. During the semester, pupils will learn about the importance of media literacy, types of disinformation, as well as the ways to discover fake news and establish true facts using a variety of...

The Communications Commission has postponed public administrative proceedings on the comprehensive study of the mobile market until 9 August, while the oral hearing has been scheduled for 18 July. The Commission postponed the administrative proceedings due to Magticom presenting additional comments that require in-depth processing, studying, and additional time.  As a result of the comprehensive study commissioned by ComCom, EU experts found that the Georgian mobile communications market...

ComCom member Ekaterine Imedadze and the chief specialist of the IR Service Mzia Gogilashvili took part in the high-level World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). During the event, the Communications Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the communications regulatory authority of Bahrain (TRA) in order to enhance cooperation and exchange information. The agreement serves to encourage the activities carried out by...

The 2023 Activity Report of the Communications Commission presents the activities of the Media School, which shows that the school has been actively working for more than four years to implement media standards and help media representatives and people interested in this industry to raise their qualifications. Last year, the Media School held 13 seminars for producers, as well as active and rookie journalists and cameramen.  In addition to the seminars, for more than two years the Media...

According to the 2023 Activity Report of the Communications Commission, the Media Lab of the Cedia Academy actively supported startups in the field of media literacy and digital media in 2023. The Media Lab held more than 20 seminars and trained up to 450 startuppers last year.  In 2023, the Media Lab organised two editions of “Ideadrome” – a contest that aims to discover startup ideas, attract funding for potential startups and helping them bring their product to the...