The Communications Commission has issued a written caution to TV Obieqivi for broadcasting political adverts in violation of the law. The Commission carried out media monitoring and found that in August of this year, the broadcaster aired such adverts on numerous occasions. Specifically, the video clips include party leaders and other representatives of the political union Alliance of Patriots of Georgia talking about issues such as pensions, land sale to foreign nationals, recovery of...

The Communications Commission has published a guide for broadcasters regarding the regulation of election-related issues to comply with the legislation during the coverage of the pre-election period of the 2024 parliamentary elections. The purpose of the guide is to clarify for the broadcasters the issues that must be in full compliance with the Georgian legislation when covering the elections. The published document is of an informative and advisory nature, and will help broadcasters conduct...

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 Communications Commission has declared Magticom an operator with significant market power on the fixed internet market and imposed several specific obligations on the company in order to rectify the current uncompetitive environment and open the market. The Commission took this decision based on the results of the comprehensive study of the fixed internet market and the recommendations of the EU experts involved in the study.  One such obligation is providing other operators with...

The Communications Commission has declared Magticom an operator with significant market power on the fixed internet market and established that the company holds a dominant position on the said market in terms of customer numbers, revenues and infrastructure alike. The Commission took this decision based on the results of the comprehensive study of the fixed internet market, which it carried out together with EU experts.  ComCom’s decision to deem Magticom an operator with...

The Communications Commission has declared Magticom an operator with significant power on the fixed internet market. The decision was based on the comprehensive study of the fixed internet market commissioned by ComCom, within the framework of which the EU experts involved in the study deemed the Georgian fixed internet market to be uncompetitive and found that without ex-ante regulation, the restrictive competitive environment will not change.  When making the decision, the Communications...

“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....