Telecommunications Law in Georgia

Telecommunications Law

Who regulates the sphere of electronic communications?

Activity in the sphere of electronic communications is regulated by the Georgian National Communications Commission — the national regulatory authority whose functions are defined by law.

On what basis is activity in the sphere carried out?

On the basis of authorization; regulation is also carried out under the principle of technological neutrality — similar services are subject to similar requirements irrespective of the technology used.

When is authorization not required?

Where electronic communications networks and facilities are used to organize special electronic communications networks, or a corporate network of an enterprise, institution or organization created for non-commercial purposes to ensure its internal communication.

What principles guide state policy in this sphere?

Equal rights of legal and natural persons, the inadmissibility of monopoly and liberalization of the services market, development of free enterprise and competition, the inadmissibility of exclusive rights and exclusive contracts, protection of consumers’ lawful interests, and maximum publicity, objectivity, non-discrimination, transparency and technological neutrality in the commission’s decision-making.

6 min·9 Jan 2026

What Telecommunications Law Covers

Telecommunications law in Georgia brings together the norms that establish the legal and economic foundations of activity by means of electronic communications networks and facilities on the territory of Georgia. The law defines the principles for building and regulating a competitive environment in this field, the functions of the national regulatory authority, and the rights and duties of natural and legal persons when owning, using and providing services through electronic communications networks and facilities. If your business relies on connectivity, internet services or network infrastructure, this is the framework that determines your legal position. That triad — ownership, use and the provision of services — places under one frame the network owner, the consumer and the person who runs a revenue-generating activity through these networks. Knowledge of the law therefore matters equally to a large operator, a small service provider and an ordinary consumer: the rights and duties of each are defined by precisely these norms. The law may also extend, in cases established by law, to unorganized activity, which means the field is not exhausted by commercial organizations.

Telecommunications Law

Who regulates the sphere of electronic communications?

Activity in the sphere of electronic communications is regulated by the Georgian National Communications Commission — the national regulatory authority whose functions are defined by law.