EaPeReg Br Broadband Develo lopment in EaP Re in Regi gion Inte In ternetization of f High igh Mountain inous re regio gions in in Georgia Inga Popovici Chair of IRB EWG (EaPeReg) Mzia Gogilashvili EaPeReg Chair Representative for 2019 Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) Eastern Partnership Electronic Communications Regulators Network (EaPeReg)
C o n t e n t • IRB EWG Activities and Broadband Development in EaP Countries • Internetization of high mountainous regions in Georgia – case study
Overall, EaP co countries co compare well ll wit ith glo global in inco come pe peers in in expe pected fixe fixed and mobile bro roadband pe penetration
Bro roadband dev evelo lopment t in in th the e EaP aP Countr tries – current situ situation (I (IRB RB EWG) 1 2 3 4 5 Country Co Dig igital al Age genda Provisions s in in BB BB Use se of of BB BB fi finan ancing targ rgets NGN GN plan an? na national al legi legislat ation strategy? st ins instruments? ref eflected? for for NGA roll ollout? AM AM No No No No No AZ AZ Yes No, but envisaged Yes, partially No No BY BY Yes Yes No Yes Yes GE GE No Yes No No Yes MD MD Yes No Yes No Yes No, but budget funds UA UA No No No No allocated
Main ta targ rgets of f th the IR IRB EWG on bro roadband develo lopment in in th the EaP re regio ion • To identify the most appropriate Target for 2020: financing mechanism for BB development in the EaP region • To achieve a common approach • To focus on the meaningful for Broadband development in the connectivity EaP area through • To achieve the best use of adoption/revision of the national broadband in the digital broadband strategy transformation • To identify and develop a broader • To Encourage NGA by legislation regional projects, in cooperation with other similar regional groups (BEREC, EMERG, REGULATEL) and with ITU
Bro roadband Develo lopment in in Mountainous s Regio ions of f Georg rgia
Mountain Peaks an and gorg rges of f Tusheti
Wil ild nat ature an and st steep sl slopes s of Psh shav-Khevsureti
Local Shrines of f Gudamakari
Clean rivers…
…and waterfalls
Medie ieval l vil illages
…full of towers…
…and fortified houses…
… are now more attractive since Internet is already available in 30 villages and 4 gorges in Tusheti
And it it was not t easy jo job ta taking in into to account t amazing ro roads of f Tush sheti
…and delivery were used
Gre reat jo job was done th thanks to to exte ternal l and in inte ternal l su supp pport
The sp sponsors and su supporters s of f th the pr proje ject: • Exte xternal l supp support: • Inte Internet Soc Society (IS (ISOC) - $40, $40,000 – fo for r pro project im impl plementat ation • Embas assy of of Cz Czech Re Republic in in Geo Georg rgia a – 15, 15,000 Eur uro – for for Netw etwork dev develo lopment • Inte Internal l supp support: • Tus usheti Dev evelopment Fu Fund • Gov Government of of Geo Georgia • GIT GITA (T (The tech echno Par ark Geo Georgia) a) wit ith fi finan ancial l supp support of of the e WB – trai ainings • Geo Georgian National al Co Communicat ations Com Commission (GN (GNCC) – Netw etwork plan planning and nd mon onitoring • Sk Skytel – fr free of of ch charge inte internet tr transit
Pro roje ject will ill be co conducted in in tw two sta stages, ste step-by by-step pr providing 6 6 pr provinces of f th the regi gion wit ith th the in inte ternet and IP IP te tele lephone lin line
The Sponsors and Supporters of the project: • Government of Georgia – 246,805 GEL (app. 79,236.83 Euro) • Regulatory Authority (GNCC) – Network planning and monitoring • ISOC-Georgia – 22,312.46 Euro • Embassy of Czech Republic in Georgia - 15,000 Euro • Veon Georgia - 4 towers for 10-years free of charge co-location • Vendors (Intelcom Group and Digital Network) – 10,000 USD • Skytel (small company) – free of charge internet transit • Association of small and medium enterprises – 10,000 USD Therefore, these projects are successful examples of cooperation between the State, the NGOs and donor organisations towards the joint effort of achieving internet access to this very important area
• Th The high ighest le level l of f Ante tenna sig sight – 30 3000 m • Th The In Inte ternet spe speed in in Tu Tusheti – 5 5 Mgb gbt/Sc • Th The In Inte ternet spe speed in in Psh shav-Khevsureti and Gudamakari – 10 10 Mgb gbt/S /Sc
Acc ccess to to th the In Inte ternet will ill un undoubtedly ly bri ring th the world clo closer to to th this is amazing pl place,
but ut it it wil ill also lso stir stir e-commerce and lo loca cal bus usiness develo lopment, and giv give a lift lift to to healt lth ca care and education se services in in th the area.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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