2010 ministry of economic development of georgia communications and it department overview of the...

2010

Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia

Communications and IT Department

Overview of the Georgian ICT Sphere and its Future Development

Irakli KashibadzeHead of ICT Deapartment

Main Components of Governmental strategy for Development Telecommunications

Organization of competitive environment

Minimally sufficient system of regulation for the operators

No barriers for private sector investments to access the market


New legislative environment

Law on Electrical Communications

law on Broadcasting

Law on Entrepreneurship

Law on Licensing

Tax Code

Low of Electronic Signature and Electronic Documentation

Technical regulation towards issuer of e-signature certificate

New entrants on the market only have to authorize to start an operation, licensing is needed only for acquiring radio frequencies and numbering recourses.


International Cooperation

International Telecommunication Union

Universal Postal Union

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations


Transnational character of telecommunications and the tendencies of globalization of economy lead to further integration with the international information space, including standardization, specifications of technical operation and legal maintenance


National numbering system of electronic communications networks of Georgia

Is developed pursuant to the Law of Georgia on Electronic Communications

Based on the recommendations of ITU and CEPT

National numbering system of electronic communications networks of Georgia shall ensure :

• Introduction of modern technical specifications and technologies

• New types of services

• Development of business activity and long-term competition

• Atraction of Investmants

• Creation of new working places

New numbering plan will simplify numbering resources accruing procedures and increase potential ability to choose new operators on the Georgian telecommunication market


Digital TV-Radio broadcasting Development Technical complex project

The project comprise :

Network organization

Technological and technical solutions

Political and legal aspects

Consumer aspects

Digital TV-Radio broadcasting will be implemented until 2015 in the country

Currant plans


Liberalization of radio-frequencies spectrum

will enable creation of new mobile operators and new innovation services on the market

Universal broadband services issues Will provide major part of Georgia’s population with access to the broadband internet

Support of creation of export oriented software market

Creation of Technological Parks oriented on software production in the country

Software Technological Parks have possibility to make use of talents gathered for research and innovation projects or global technological companies. Conditions in the Software Technological Parks will be attractive for opening local representing offices and service centers of IT companies


National Cyber security Strategy of Georgia

National Cyber security Strategy is consistent with our National Security Concept on “Information Related Challenges

The Strategy is a basis for a coordinated approach to protecting critical information infrastructure and classified information against cyber threats

This Strategy explains the Government’s approach to :

Preventing cyber attacks against Georgia’s critical infrastructure

Reducing national vulnerability to cyber attacks

Minimizing damage and recovery time from successful cyber attacks


For developing the competition and entrepreneurship in postal sector will be adopted :

The Postal Law

Postal manuals

Schools’ computerization projects


Schools’ computerization project “Deer Leap” which started in 2005 and will end by 2011

All schools of the country to be equipped with computer classes interconnected to internet network. By utilization of this project will be establish e- learning systems throughout the Georgia

Next year by the initiative of President of Georgia all first-formers will get modern children computers with school program (curriculum) loaded free of charge.

Electronic government


We take active steps towards implementation of Government 2.0 to fully utilize resources of new technologies which will give possibility to population and businesses to enter into full interaction

Planned to have a governmental project at the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia open for the population to generate their own ideas and suggestions

Georgian Governmental Network (GGN) Georgian government has launched a new Georgian Governmental Network GGN project, first phase of which was to build the infrastructure. It was finished last year. More than 500 points were developed in different Ministries and entities in the framework of the project

In the country already successfully have been implemented e-payment, e-commerce and many e-services

E-declaration service has been implemented this year, population is issued biometric passports already, and beginning 2011 E-IDs will be introduced

Forming of a new space of ICT connecting Europe and Asia


Development of Telecommunications field in the country


More than 1,5 million internet users

More than 3 million active subscribers in mobile networks 3.5G technologies is already developed in Georgia

In PSTN networks modern digital switches amount 94.3 % of general capacity of installed switches

Ltd “GTC”, Ltd “MagtiCom” and Ltd “Silknet” are developing fixed wireless telephone services based on CDMA, The number of fixed wireless telephone services subscribers are increasing day by day

Main Challenges


Main challenge of communications and IT department is ensuring :

Liberalization of radio-frequencies

Development of export oriented software market

Equal development of communications systems in all regions of Georgia

Development of e-commerce, e-learning and e-medicine system for the business, social and

economical stability

Promotion of new telecommunication highways between Europe and Asia

Development of the production of ICT means

Transition from analog broadcasting to digital one

Overcoming the existing gap of the informational society between Georgia and the rest of the

world

Increase of ICT literacy of the population; development of information security of the country;

intensify international co-operation towards innovations of the ICT.

Thank you


Communications and IT Department

Irakli KashibadzeMinistry of Economical Development of

GeorgiaHead of ICT Department

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2010 ministry of economic development of georgia communications and it department overview of the...

Documents

new operators

law of georgia

broadcasting law

new innovation services

electrical communications

entrepreneurship law

certificate new entrants

numbering resources