3.5 Georgia Telecommunications Georgia Telecommunications
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4.8 Georgia Additional Service Provision Contact List
Land Line Telephones in use: 554,000 (1995) Mobile Cellular Telephones in use: 2,400,000 (2007)
Telephone System: Domestic
Country has three cellular telephone networks of GSM 900 and 1800 standard and two UMTS 2100 standard:
MagtiCom Ltd (http://www.magticom.ge/) Geocell Ltd (http://www.geocell.ge/) Mobitel Beeline (http://www.beeline.ge/)
The cellular network market counts more than 2,000,000 registered customers total (commercially active number is not known). By 2005 the coverage extends up to 95% of its populated territory.
Urban areas 20 telephones/100 people Rural areas 4 telephones/100 people Intercity, a fiber-optic line connects Tbilisi to Kutaisi (Georgia's 2nd largest city)
Telephone System: International
Georgia and Russia are working on a fiber-optic line between Pot'i and Sochi (Russia). At present the international service is available by microwave, landline, and satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail and telex service available. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 at least (2003), with most of them ADSL/DSL/Cable services. Country code: +995 (Top-level domain): GE
Telephone Services
Is there an existing landline telephone network? Yes
(Yes / No)
Does it allow international calls? Yes
(Yes / No)
On average, number and length of downtime periods n/a
Mobile phone providers (List) Yes
Estimated availability and coverage 95%
(Approximate percentage of national coverage)
For information on Georgia Telecommunications Systems contact details, please see the following link:
4.8 Georgia Additional Service Provision Contact List
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