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Latest Telecoms News from Georgia
Georgia Cancels Radio Spectrum Auction
The Georgian telecoms regulator, the National Communications Commission has cancelled a planned auction of additional radio spectrum in the GSM1800 and UMTS bands....
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Georgian Regulator Fines Russian Operator for Unlicensed Operations
Georgia's telecoms regulator, the Georgian National Communications Commission imposed fine of US$590,000 on the Russia's MegaFon for allegedly carrying out out unlicensed operations in South Ossetia and other areas of Georgia's sovereign territory....
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Attacks on lone blogger reverberate across Web
The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia - but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause....
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Geocell Extends Mobile Operating License by 10 Years
The Georgian National Communications Commission says that it has agreed to extend the mobile operating license held by Geocell by a further ten years....
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Harris Stratex Networks Picks Up Backhaul Contract in Georgia
Harris Stratex Networks has secured a contract with Georgia based mobile operator, MagtiCom for the end-to-end backhaul of both TDM and native Ethernet traffic,...
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Georgian mobile network operator, MagtiCom says that it has launched a HSDPA upgrade across its entire network. The upgrade will permit mobile data downloads with speeds of up to 14.4 Mb/s....
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Court Upholds Fine Against Russia's Megafon
A court in Tbilisi, Georgia has rejected a legal motion brought by the Russian mobile telephone carrier Megafon seeking the dismissal of a fine imposed on the company by regulatory authorities for illegal unlicensed operations in South Ossetia and other areas of Georgia's sovereign territory....
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Russian Operator Charged Over Unauthorised Coverage in Georgia
Russia's Megafon has lost a court appeal in Georgia's Tbilisi City Court over allegations that the mobile network had been operating a mobile network inside Georgia without a license....
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Georgia Says Cellphone Intercepts Back Self-Defense Claim
Georgia says intercepted mobile phone calls between South Ossetian border guards show Russian tanks and troops invaded first — before Georgia's offensive began in the separatist region....
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Telecoms Charity Sends Emergency Communications Kit to Georgia
Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) which has been on alert since day one of the conflict deployed an emergency crew of telecoms specialists to Georgia on Wednesday. The team left from TSF’s headquarters in France and landed in Tbilisi at 5pm local time on Wednesday to assess the telecoms needs of the humanitarian community and affected civilians....