Georgia's licensed telecom operators earned GEL 1.855 billion in 2025, ComCom says

Authorised electronic communications operators in Georgia had combined revenue of GEL 1.855 billion in 2025, GEL 120 million more than in 2024, according to the Communications Commission (ComCom). Chairman Goga Gulordava presented the figures from the Commission's 2025 activity report to a joint meeting of two parliamentary committees, ComCom said in a statement published on 22 September. The numbers imply 2024 revenue of about GEL 1.735 billion and growth of roughly 7 per cent, on the Commission's own figures.

The sector's total contribution to the state budget was GEL 643,842,117, about GEL 150 million more than in the previous year, the statement says. Electronic communications undertakings accounted for GEL 470,768,047 and licensing revenue for GEL 125,816,349. Broadcasters paid GEL 47,200,867 in taxes, and administrative fines came to GEL 56,854. The statement does not say how much of the licensing line came from 5G spectrum. ComCom's notice of the 2025 auction shows that Silknet must pay 30 per cent of its fee before receiving a licence and the remaining 70 per cent within a year of issue, so receipts from a single auction can fall in more than one calendar year.

Mobile market

Georgia had 6.43 million mobile subscriptions, of which 4.75 million were individual and 1.68 million were business, according to the ComCom statement. By subscribers, Magticom held 41 per cent, Silknet 36 per cent and Cellfie Mobile 23 per cent. The mobile virtual network operator Eclectic held 0.4 per cent.

Magticom and Silknet together therefore account for 77 per cent of subscriptions. When Cellfie Mobile won the first 5G auction in August 2023, ComCom described the two larger operators as holding over 70 per cent of the Georgian telecom market. That earlier description did not specify the measure, so the two figures are not strictly comparable.

Average revenue per user (ARPU) was GEL 14.8, and the statement gives no period. Mobile internet users numbered 5.1 million, about 500,000 more than a year earlier, and their five-year average annual growth was 8.2 per cent, the statement says. The 5.1 million users equal about 79 per cent of the 6.43 million subscriptions, although the statement does not define an internet user and the two counts may not be on the same basis.

ComCom's report to Parliament says 5G became available to subscribers of all three mobile operators in 2025. Silknet won the third 5G auction in June 2025, after Cellfie Mobile and Magticom had launched. The published statements do not attach subscriber or revenue figures to 5G.

Fixed broadband

Fixed broadband subscribers rose by 54,000 to 1.212 million, according to the statement, an increase of about 4.7 per cent on the implied 2024 base. Household penetration of fixed broadband stood at 95.8 per cent. Fixed internet reached 2,583 of Georgia's 3,385 villages, about 76 per cent, which leaves 802 villages without a fixed connection on ComCom's figures.

ComCom reported separately on the state-backed fibre programme. According to its account of the 2025 internetisation results, backbone construction was complete on 575 km of routes, and 1,050 km serving about 200 settlements was under construction.

Broadcasting and gaps in the data

The report also covers broadcasting. There were 803,000 broadcast transmission subscribers, and IPTV accounted for 87 per cent of them, the statement says. ComCom counted 108 authorised TV channels and 21 national free-to-air TV broadcasters. Broadcaster advertising revenue was GEL 109 million, of which GEL 100 million came from television.

The statement does not give fibre subscription counts, data traffic, tariff trends or revenue by operator, and it does not report network investment. Without those, the 2025 revenue growth of about 7 per cent cannot be split between price, volume and new services. Operator-level reporting would be needed to do that.