IoT device compliance in Georgia
The market for the internet of things (IoT) is growing rapidly: connected sensors, smart household appliances, industrial controllers and wearable devices. Georgia has no separate statute devoted to IoT — and this must be said plainly. Another regulatory framework does exist: the Georgian Law on Electronic Communications, which applies to devices when a radio transmitter is built into them.
Among the definitions of Article 2 of the law is the user's terminal equipment: technical equipment intended for the receipt of an electronic communications service by a subscriber or end user, placed at a mobile or fixed address and not forming part of the operator's network. Most IoT devices — including those equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular and LoRa modules — fit precisely into this concept. The first question of IoT compliance is therefore formulated as follows: does the device have a radio transmitter, and does it fall within the definition of terminal equipment?