A broadband connection is a high-speed, uninterrupted internet connection.

Broadband service enables the delivery of services that are not available with lower-speed connections. Examples of such services include high-definition online video, internet television, and online games.

This program will be beneficial for both the government and business sectors, as well as the Georgian public. As a result of this successful cooperation between the government and the private sector, Georgia’s regions will have high-speed Internet that will increase the involvement of citizens in the country’s social-economic life. The project will also promote entrepreneurship, develop a competitive market environment, and promote private investment in the telecommunications field.

The program is being implemented by the non-entrepreneurial, non-profit legal entity Open Net, which is supported financially by the International Charitable Cartu Foundation and established through Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA) of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

The Cartu Foundation, an international charitable organization, has allocated a grant of 150 million USD for this project.

The state program was prepared in collaboration with the private sector, which identified their concerns relating to the project. This program is designed not to interfere with or impede the interests of private sector entities. On the contrary, this project will help private sector entities develop their own networks and make investments on a larger scale. Private sector entities are encouraged to visit the relevant settlements to assess investment potential. In places where the private sector has low interest in investing, the construction of infrastructure will be fully funded by the Cartu Foundation.

The program covers the entire country. It is not yet clear which regions the private sector will be interested in investing in and therefore it is not yet known where the program will start its implementation. This information will be public and will be published on Open Net’s official website.

Information about grants and vouchers provided by the World Bank may be requested from Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (http://gita.gov.ge/ge/).

Open Net is tasked only with building internet infrastructure. The cost of an internet subscription will be set by a local internet provider.

Open Net has not yet begun the construction of internet highway infrastructure in Georgia. The organization acts according to the decree and action plan adopted by the Georgian government.

It is not yet known which construction company will build the physical infrastructure. The construction provider will be chosen by tender, and only after the first component of the government decree is complete (co-funding and cooperation of the state and the private sector). The construction phase will begin in 2017.

Please email Open Net with your requests (office@opennet.ge) or call us at +995 032 2 400 178.