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 6.37 million connections in 2016. Among them were 5.53 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 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 58% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 19% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 357,864.00 webhosts, Georgia is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different 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 subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Georgia 1990 - 2016

Broadband internet in Georgia 2001 - 2016

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016

Mobile phones in Georgia 1990 - 2016

Spreading in 2016	Georgia Total	Georgia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	2.16 m	58.01 %	413.79 m	80.94 %
Broadband users	689,594.00	18.54 %	169.43 m	33.14 %
Landlines	833,923.00	22.42 %	211.93 m	41.46 %
Mobile cellulars	5.53 m	148.76 %	630.13 m	123.26 %