Georgia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband & Forecasts

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

2.1 Country overview

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Georgia’s telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Regulatory authority

4.1.1 The Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC)

4.2 Privatisation

5. Fixed network operators in Georgia

5.1 United Telecom (formerly Sakartvelos Elektrokavshiri)

5.2 NewNet Telecommunications (Akhali Kselebi Ltd)

5.3 Telecom Georgia (Sakartvelos Telekomi)

5.4 Egrisi

6. Telecommunications infrastructure

6.1 National telecom network

6.1.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)

6.2 International infrastructure

7. Internet market

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Internet statistics

7.2 August 2008 conflict and possible cyber warfare

7.3 ISP market

7.3.1 Georgia Online

7.3.2 SaNet

8. Broadband market

8.1 Overview

8.1.1 Broadband statistics

8.2 WiMAX

9. Mobile communications

9.1 Overview of Georgia’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.1.2 Impact of the conflict with Russia

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile

9.2.2 Spectrum auctions

9.3 Major mobile operators

9.3.1 Geocell

9.3.2 MagtiCom

9.3.3 Mobitel

10. Forecasts

10.1 Overview

10.2 Forecasts - fixed-line market - 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018

10.3 Forecasts - Internet services - 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018

10.4 Forecasts - mobile market - 2013; 2018

10.5 Notes on forecasting

11. Related reports

Table 1 - Country statistics Georgia - 2009

Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2007

Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2008

Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2008

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - March 2009

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008

Table 8 - Fixed-line operators - subscribers and market share - May 2008

Table 9 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1996 - 2008

Table 10 - Internet subscribers - 2001 - 2008

Table 11 - Broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2008

Table 12 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2009

Table 13 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - March 2009

Table 14 - Mobile operators - subscribers and market share - March 2009

Table 15 - Forecast fixed line subscribers - 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018

Table 16 - Forecast Internet subscribers - 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018

Table 17 - Forecast mobile subscribers - 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018

Exhibit 1 - United Telecom’s Tbilisi network infrastructure