Telecommunication in Georgia
Compared to the European Union, Georgia has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +995, there were a total of 5.48 million connections in 2020. Among them were 5.10 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.4 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Georgia is back. Around 73% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 27% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 357,864 webhosts, Georgia is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 13,020 million of these, or about 4 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 28.61 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Georgia ranked 114th in an international comparison. The upload rate was 30.04 Mbit/second (74th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 25th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Georgia comes 65th with a download speed of 39.84 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 15 Mbit was enough for 56th place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in September 2021 from 181 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the Internet in Georgia from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Georgia 2001 - 2020
Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Georgia Total | Georgia percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 2.69 m | 72.53 % | 393.47 m | 87.87 % |
| Broadband users | 997,785.00 | 26.87 % | 162.67 m | 36.33 % |
| Landlines | 378,498.00 | 10.19 % | 159.99 m | 35.73 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 5.10 m | 137.32 % | 541.96 m | 121.03 % |
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