MagtiCom


MagtiCom, Ltd was founded on February 12, 1996 by Dr. George Jokhtaberidze. On September 22, 1997 the Company made the first commercial call from its mobile network. The services offered by MagtiCom involve as follows: mobile telephony; mobile internet ; wireless fixed telephony ; cable fixed telephony ; satellite television ; internet television and fiber-optic internet. Since 2016 MagtiCom started to provide IPTV, VoIP and fiber-optic internet.
Currently MagtiCom mobile network unites the mobile technologies of all the generations: GSM, UMTS, LTE. These technologies are implemented on 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz frequency bands.
MagtiCom provides the largest coverage area covering the 98% of the populated and controlled territory of Georgia. The Company is the leader of mobile market. MagtiCom renders various services to up to 3 million customers by means of 53 customer care offices and 80 Outlets in Community Centers. Unprecedented is the contribution of the Company to the development of Georgian economy: 1.983.184.498 lari; July 2020.
Since 2016 MagtiCom has become an ISP and, as a result, a provider of total range of communications services.
Since November, 2017 Magticom is the market leader ISP operator in Georgia.

Owners

MagtiCom Ltd was founded on February 12, 1996 by Dr. George Jokhtaberidze who owns the 54% of the Company exercising the full control thereover. See Chart 1 to learn about the owners and the ownership share thereof.

History

Milestones

MagtiCom made the first commercial call on September 22, 1997. Currently the mobile network of MagtiCom unites the mobile technologies of all the generations: GSM, UMTS, LTE. These technologies are implemented on 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz frequency bands.
MagtiCom is the uncontested leader in the mobile telephony market. According to the Georgian National Communications Commission statistics, as of May 2020, MagtiCom has 1,897,714 subscribers.

Internet

MagtiCom offers 2 types of internet service: mobile internet since 2001 and fiber-optic internet for retail market since 2016.

Mobile Internet

MagtiCom subscribers started to enjoy the WAP-based internet as far back as 2001, while in 2002 the Company offered the GPRS-based internet soon followed by HSDPA, HSPA and HSPA+ technologies. Since 2015 MagtiCom has been offering 4G LTE internet, while since May 2016 – LTE Advanced network.
According to the data of the Georgian National Communications Commission, MagtiCom enjoys the highest index of internet usage.

Fiber-Optic Internet

Fiber-optic internet is provided via the fiber-optic network.
According to the official data, MagtiCom is leading ISP operator, with 449,358 internet subscribers as of May 2020.

Television

MagtiCom offers two types of television: satellite television MagtiSat since 2012 and IPTV since 2016.
According to the official data, MagtiCom has the leading position in the television market in Georgian. MagtiCom has 338,226 subscribers in May 2020.

MagtiSat: the First Satellite Broadcasting Operator from MagtiCom

MagtiSat, launched in January 2012, is the first operator of paid satellite TV broadcasting in Georgia and the South Caucasus.
MagtiSat broadcasts from the Astra 5B satellite, and the broadcasting covers the entire territory of Georgia.
MagtiSat effects broadcasting using two formats: the SD and the HD ones.

IPTV: Internet Television from MagtiCom

is a new generation TV standard based on internet protocol offering such functions as the air management, rewinding and pausing. IPTV allows to wind a program back, to stop it and to proceed with watching it from the place where it had been stopped.

TV Channels of the Company's Own Production

In December 2013, MagtiSat started to offer 3 movie channels of its own production dubbed in Georgia: Magti Hit, Magti Kino and Chveni Magti. Since 2016 the channels have become available for the customers of Magti IPTV.

Fixed Telephony

MagtiCom is presented by two technologies of fixed telephony in the market – the radio and the cable ones.

Magti Fix

Magti Fix is a wireless fixed telephone service based on CDMA 450. Magti Fix wireless fixed network is characterized by rather high index of signal propagation making it vital in the countryside especially the regions with no cable infrastructure available.

Cable Fixed Telephony (VoIP)

technology offers cable fixed telephone communication via internet protocol. Unlike traditional telephony, here the voice signal is transferred digitally. MagtiCom started to offer cable fixed telephony to the retail market in 2016.

MagtiCom Technological Leader

The development of internet technologies in MagtiCom in chronological order:
In terms of base stations MagtiCom is a leader on Georgian market. The company owns 7058 of base stations all over Georgia.

Coverage of Mobile and Internet Networks

As of April 2020, MagtiCom covers the 98% of the inhabited and controlled territory of Georgia.

Customer Care

Customer Care Offices

MagtiCom offers services both via its customer care offices and its hotline.
MagtiCom's 53 offices render services during week days, while a number of offices – on the week-ends as well.
Also, MagtiCom customer care offices are opened at 80 outlets in Community Centers all over Georgia.

Hotline

MagtiCom offers 24-hour hotline service 7 days a week. The call is toll-free for MagtiCom customers.
Web-chat
The representatives of Customer Care work on the web-chat providing customers with online help/information.

Roaming

MagtiCom offers roaming service. The list of roaming partners of the Company contains 191 countries and 441 operators.

We do it for Georgia

“We do it for Georgia" is the aegis under which MagtiCom has implemented hundreds of projects in various aspects including the ones to support Georgian culture, sport, health, arts and education. MagtiCom, being a company with corporative social responsibility, carries out a great number of social projects. Among national projects noteworthy is the publication of books/albums of the works by Georgian cultural figures. The books/albums are distributed free of charge on the presentation day. The works – books, sets of volumes and albums – by dozens of writers, poets, artists, sculptors or architects are kept at MagtiCom archive.

"Constant" the Magazine

“Constant", the quarterly magazine from MagtiCom, started to be issued in 1999. The magazine offers MagtiCom news as well as the world examples of technological progress and other interesting information.
The full e-version of "Constant" is available on the MagtiCom web-site. The circulation of the printed version makes 25,000 copies. The magazine is free-of-charge.
“Constant" is distributed both in Tbilisi and the regions of Georgia.

Mymagti

Since 2014, MagtiCom has been offering the application Mymagti serving as a mobile office in the users' smartphones.

Magti Club

Magti Club is a cultural center frequently hosting art evenings, exhibitions and jubilee meetings.
Marketing Events and Places
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