3.5 Georgia Telecommunications Georgia Telecommunications
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3.5 Georgia Telecommunications 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/) 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 Page 1.