{"id":89288,"date":"2021-06-22T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/magticom-s-open-letter-to-the-parliament-of-georgia\/"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:31:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T15:31:37","slug":"magticom-s-open-letter-to-the-parliament-of-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/en\/magticom-s-open-letter-to-the-parliament-of-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Magticom&#8217;s Open Letter to the Parliament of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magticom sent an open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magticom.ge\/files\/magticoms-open-letter-to-the-parliament-of-georgia.pdf\">letter<\/a> to the Parliament of Georgia. The letter is reflecting Magticom\u2019s public statements on the Georgian National Communications Commission\u2019s Annual Report for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, company says that the Communications Commission seems extremely opposed to nearly all the undertakings operating in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe companies operating in the sector have been embroiled in endless legal disputes with the Communications Commission. Incompetency, lies, unjustified sanctions (illegal decisions) and selective enforcement have become a standard\/style of operation espoused by the Communications Commission. The sector led by the Communications Commission is being destroyed, as the Commission has no understanding of the sector\u2019s importance, cybersecurity, or the principles of economics. Disregarding the increasing risks of cybersecurity may bring the country \u2013 whether its defence, healthcare, education, banking and financial sector, commerce, tourism or any other area \u2013 to the point of paralysis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017-2018, two major international investors (Telia Sonera and Metromedia) left the Georgian market. In general, the Commission\u2019s unpredictable decisions hamper investors\u2019 business and scare them away.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that due to the Commission\u2019s wrong, incompetent and illegal approaches, our company has had to take an extremely careful look at the future in terms of introducing new technologies and making substantial capital investments in contrast with the recent past when Magticom used to deploy 40 km optic-fiber cable daily to support the internetization of Georgian regions and provide accessibility to fixed broadband internet services.<\/p>\n<p>The clueless decisions of the Commission were the reason why the Communications Commission found a negative reflection in the US State Department\u2019s Annual Report for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>You are well aware of the Venice Commission\u2019s negative conclusions on the legislative amendments authored by the Communications Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Report by Freedom House gave a negative review of the Communications Commission\u2019s conduct. The Commission often tends to misinterpret EU regulations and adjusts laws and regulations to its agenda that poses major problems to the sector. For instance, re-electing the chairman of the Commission to the office several times, adjusting the Competition Law to the Communications Commission for as long as Mr. Bekauri holds office, etc.<\/p>\n<p>A logical question arises: what is the next adverse measure that the current Communications Commission may come up with to further destroy the sector? We\u2019d like to note that the Parliament has not yet reviewed the Georgian National Communications Commission\u2019s Annual Report for 2019. We hope the parliamentary hearings of the Communications Commission\u2019s Annual Reports for 2019 and 2020 are held in the nearest future.<\/p>\n<p>We invite the members of the Parliament to rate the activity of the Georgian National Communications Commission either positive or negative and state whether Mr. Chairman Kakha Bekauri of the Communications Commission is deserving confidence or not\u201d, &#8211; says the letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magticom sent an open letter to the Parliament of Georgia. The letter is reflecting Magticom\u2019s public statements on the Georgian National Communications Commission\u2019s Annual Report for 2020. 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