Starlink has 5,435 subscribers in Georgia as regulator discusses new terminal standards

Starlink Georgia LLC had 5,435 subscribers in Georgia as of June 2026, adding an average of about 200 a month over the previous year, according to the country's Communications Commission (ComCom). The regulator published the figures on 10 September after a working meeting with SpaceX at which the two sides discussed updating existing technical standards and introducing new-generation Starlink user terminals, the ComCom statement says.

Starlink Georgia was authorised to provide satellite internet services in July 2022 and began serving subscribers in the second half of 2023, according to the statement. Speeds offered to individual customers range from 100 to 150 Mbps, and services for legal entities offer up to 220 Mbps.

What was on the table

ComCom chairman Goga Gulordava and commissioner Ekaterine Imedadze met Dynamite Obinna, SpaceX's international policy lead for Europe and Africa, to discuss the company's "operating priorities and future plans in Georgia", the regulator said. The agenda covered high-speed connectivity, the resilience of critical infrastructure, the development of satellite internet capabilities and the Starlink for Good initiative, which the statement says aims to strengthen connectivity for local communities and schools.

ComCom said the new-generation terminals are expected to contribute to improved internet speeds and service quality. In its description of the service, the regulator notes that SpaceX has launched approximately 13,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit and that Starlink provides connectivity including in areas where internet access is unreliable, limited or unavailable, according to the statement. The commission presents satellite broadband as one strand of its work on network resilience rather than as a substitute for fixed or mobile networks.

The statement does not say which technical standards would be updated, whether a rule change or a new authorisation would be needed for the new terminals, or when a decision might come. Officials from ComCom's competition and market regulation, spectrum and technology, international relations and legal departments attended, according to the release, which suggests the discussion touched on both market and spectrum questions.

On ComCom's own numbers, growth of about 200 subscribers a month implies roughly 2,400 additions over the year to June 2026, meaning close to half of Starlink's base in Georgia was added in that period. The regulator does not give a revenue figure for the company or say how many of the subscribers are businesses.

Huawei and 5G-Advanced

A month later, on 9 October, Mr Gulordava met Zhang Xiugui, president of Huawei Technologies for the Central Asia region. The meeting focused on mobile network development, "the use of radio frequency spectrum in Georgia" and next-generation mobile technologies, according to a ComCom statement. The two sides discussed the capabilities of 5G-Advanced, prospects for 6G and spectrum planning for mobile networks, and Huawei presented its technology vision, the statement says. It does not mention any agreement, band or timetable.

Three days earlier the commission held a working meeting with representatives of the US Embassy in Georgia and Shane Tews, president of Logan Circle Strategies and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on the role of communications and media regulators in the age of artificial intelligence, according to ComCom. That discussion covered AI governance, coordination between regulators responsible for telecoms, competition, data protection, consumer protection and cybersecurity, and the balance between investment and competition, the statement says.

Taken together, the three statements show the regulator engaging a satellite operator, a Chinese network vendor and US officials within a month. None records a regulatory decision. The SpaceX meeting is the only one that comes with operating data, and the commission has not published a consultation on the terminal standards it discussed.