Georgia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Telecom investors nervous about committing to Georgia’s market. Georgia’s government has long recognised the importance and value of enabling widespread access to telecommunication services and the Internet. It has been actively encouraging investment in fibre networks to offset the poor state of the country’s fixed-line infrastructure, for example. Likewise, the country’s three MNOs (SilkNet, MagtiCom, and VEON Georgia) have each been required to make their respective networks available to new MVNOs. This was in place by the start of 2021.
However, following what appeared to be an attempt to block a foreign takeover of one of the country’s ISPs (the wholesale arm of Caucasus Online by Azerbaijan’s Neqsol Holdings), international investors may have been inadvertently warned off. As such, no prospective MVNOs have come to the surface so far. Neqsol’s acquisition of Caucasus Online was at least ultimately successful in March 2021, but only after being forced to seek redress from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
- 1 Key statistics
- 2 Country overview
- 3 Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
- 3.1 Economic considerations and responses
- 3.2 Subscribers
- 3.3 Infrastructure
- 4 Telecommunications market
- 5 Regulatory environment
- 5.1 Regulatory authority
- 5.2 Fixed-line developments
- 5.3 Mobile network developments
- 6 Mobile market
- 6.1 Mobile statistics
- 6.2 Mobile infrastructure
- 6.3 Mobile data
- 6.4 Major mobile operators
- 6.5 Mobile broadband
- 6.6 Mobile commerce
- 7 Fixed-line broadband market
- 7.1 Fixed-line broadband technologies
- 8 Fixed network market
- 8.1 Major network operators
- 8.2 SilkNet
- 8.3 MagtiCom
- 8.4 New Net Telecommunications (Akhali Kselebi)
- 8.5 Telecom Georgia (Sakartvelos Telekomi)
- 9 Telecommunications infrastructure
- 9.1 National telecom network
- 9.2 International infrastructure
- 10 Appendix Historic data
- 11 Glossary of abbreviations
- 12 Related reports
- List of Table, Charts and Exhibits
- Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Georgia 2021 (e)
- Table 2 Change in Georgia's GDP growth rate 2012 2021
- Table 3 Growth in retail and wholesale telecom revenue (GEL million) 2013 2020
- Table 4 Development of telecom sector investment 2016 2020
- Table 5 Distribution of telecom investment by sector 2016 2020
- Table 6 Change in the number of fixed number portings 2011 2019
- Table 7 Change in the number of mobile number portings 2011 2019
- Table 8 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Table 9 Change in mobile voice traffic 2010 2021
- Table 10 Fall in mobile market voice revenue 2010 2021
- Table 11 Change in mobile market retail revenue 2010 2021
- Table 12 Decline in SMS traffic 2010 2020
- Table 13 Decline in SMS revenue 2010 2020
- Table 14 Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator 2011 2021
- Table 15 Development of mobile revenue by operator (GEL million) 2010 2021
- Table 16 Development of average mobile ARPU 2010 2021
- Table 17 Development of mobile ARPU by operator (GEL per month) 2010 2021
- Table 18 Growth in the number of MagtiCom's mobile subscribers 2011 2021
- Table 19 Growth in the number of SilkNet's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
- Table 20 Growth in the number of VEON Georgia's mobile subscribers 2011 2021
- Table 21 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Table 22 Growth in the number of standard mobile internet subscribers by operator 2010 2021
- Table 23 Growth in mobile internet traffic 2010 2020
- Table 24 Proportion of mobile internet traffic by technology 2015 2020
- Table 25 Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Table 26 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by major operator 2010 2021
- Table 27 Growth in fixed broadband market revenue 2010 2021
- Table 28 Development of fixed broadband ARPU by customer type (GEL per month) 2013 2020
- Table 29 Difference in fixed broadband ARPU by capital and regions (GEL per month) 2016 2020
- Table 30 Share of fixed/ fixed-wireless access by technology 2010 2021
- Table 31 Change in the proportion of fixed broadband connections by data rate 2013 2020
- Table 32 Fall in the number of DSL subscribers 2011 2021
- Table 33 Growth in the number of FttP subscribers 2010 2021
- Table 34 Growth in the number of MagtiCom's fixed broadband subscribers 2010 2021
- Table 35 Development of MagtiCom's internet revenue (GEL million) 2010 2021
- Table 36 Growth in the number of SilkNet's internet subscribers 2010 2021
- Table 37 Development of SilkNet's internet revenue 2010 2021
- Table 38 Change in the number of Wi-Fi subscribers 2010 2021
- Table 39 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2011 2026
- Table 40 Decline in fixed-line revenue by technology (GEL million) 2010 2021
- Table 41 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by technology 2010 2021
- Table 42 Decline in fixed-line voice traffic by technology (million minutes) 2010 2021
- Table 43 Change in the number of fixed line subscribers by major operator 2010 2020
- Table 44 Growth in international internet bandwidth capacity 2010 2020
- Table 45 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1999 2010
- Table 46 Historic - Geocell subscribers 2002 2018
- Table 47 Historic - MagtiCom's mobile subscribers 2007 2010
- Table 48 Historic - VEON Georgia's mobile subscribers 2007 2010
- Table 49 Historic - Fixed lines in service, annual change and penetration 1995 2010
- Table 50 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 1996 2016
- Table 51 Historic - Fixed-line internet subscribers and penetration 2001 2010
- Table 52 Historic - household internet penetration 2005 2015
- Table 53 Historic - fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2001 2010
- Table 54 Historic - Fibre broadband providers 2010 2016
- Table 55 Historic - WiMAX subscribers 2010 2017
- Table 56 Historic - Telecom market revenue (GEL million) 2010 2016
- Table 57 Historic - International internet bandwidth capacity 2001 2010
- Table 58 Historic - Fall in the number of DSL subscribers 2008 2010
- Chart 1 Growth in retail and wholesale telecom revenue 2013 2020
- Chart 2 Change in the number of fixed number portings 2011 2019
- Chart 3 Change in the number of mobile number portings 2011 2019
- Chart 4 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Chart 5 Change in mobile voice traffic 2010 2021
- Chart 6 Fall in mobile market voice revenue 2010 2021
- Chart 7 Change in mobile market retail revenue 2010 2021
- Chart 8 Decline in SMS traffic 2010 2020
- Chart 9 Decline in SMS revenue 2010 2020
- Chart 10 Change in mobile market share of subscribers by operator 2011 2021
- Chart 11 Development of mobile revenue by operator 2010 2021
- Chart 12 Development of mobile ARPU by operator 2010 2021
- Chart 13 Growth in the number of MagtiCom's mobile subscribers 2011 2021
- Chart 14 Growth in the number of SilkNet's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
- Chart 15 Growth in the number of VEON Georgia's mobile subscribers 2011 2021
- Chart 16 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Chart 17 Growth in the number of standard mobile internet subscribers by operator 2010 2021
- Chart 18 - Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration 2011 2026
- Chart 19 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by major operator 2010 2021
- Chart 20 Growth in fixed broadband market revenue 2010 2021
- Chart 21 Development of fixed broadband ARPU by customer type 2013 2020
- Chart 22 Change in the proportion of fixed broadband connections by data rate 2013 2020
- Chart 23 Fall in the number of DSL subscribers 2011 2021
- Chart 24 Growth in the number of FttP subscribers 2010 2021
- Chart 25 Growth in the number of MagtiCom's fixed broadband subscribers 2010 2021
- Chart 26 Development of MagtiCom's internet revenue 2010 2021
- Chart 27 Growth in the number of SilkNet's internet subscribers 2010 2021
- Chart 28 Development of SilkNet's internet revenue 2010 2021
- Chart 29 Change in the number of Wi-Fi subscribers 2010 2021
- Chart 30 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2011 2026
- Chart 31 Decline in fixed-line revenue by technology 2010 2021
- Chart 32 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by technology 2010 2021
- Chart 33 Decline in fixed-line voice traffic by technology 2010 2021
- Chart 34 Change in the number of fixed line subscribers by major operator 2010 2020
- Exhibit 1 United Telecom's Tbilisi network infrastructure
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