3.5 Georgia Georgia Telecommunications

For information on Georgia Telecommunications Systems contact details, please see the following link:

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/) Ltd (http://www.geocell.ge/) Mobitel (http://www.beeline.ge/)

The 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, , and satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail and telex service available. 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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