Georgia: ICT infrastructure development priorities

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Georgia ICT infrastructure development priorities
Georgian National Communications Commission

• Goal Access to ICT infrastructure and services
  universally available
• Infrastructure Plan for next two years
  Installation of a backbone with points of
  presence for broadband internet services for
  every district capital nationwide and provision
  access to basic telephony for every village in
  the country (currently 14 of rural HHs without
  access)
• GoG priorities and activities in ICT sector are
  focused on
• Governance
• Regional development and decentralization
• Education

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Georgia ICT infrastructure development priorities

• Impediments
• Development of Legal Framework for Universal
  Service not yet finalized
• Lack of trust from Private sector
• Lack of knowledge of rural ICT market development
  opportunities and initiative among private
  sector players
• No training opportunities in rural areas
• Lack of resources

Georgian National Communications Commission

• Action plan
• Development of competitive environment on rural
  ICT market by provision of supportive regulatory
  framework, data and information of rural market
  and start up funds
• E-governance
• Provision of government services though ICT
  enabled environment

www.gncc.ge
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Georgia ICT infrastructure development priorities
Georgian National Communications Commission

• Areas of assistance
• Development competition on ICT market,
  especially in rural areas by provision of enabled
  regulatory environment
• Development of training opportunities
• Promotion of local services and content
  initiatives
• Development of funding mechanisms

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