The story
History
Milestones
September 22, 1997 – the first commercial call was made from the MagtiCom network;
2001 – the first GPRS call was made as a result of constructing the GPRS network;
2005 – Bali – the youth brand of MagtiCom was launched;
2005 – MagtiCom became the owner of the operational license of CDMA 800 MHz standard;
2006 – as a result of deployment the 3G network, the 3G services such as video call, mobile TV and high-speed internet were launched;
2008, April – MagtiCom launched Magti Fix – a wireless-fixed telephone service based on CDMA 450 (operating on 450 MHz frequency band). In 2022 (July 29), the Magti Fix service was canceled.
2009 – MagtiCom, on the commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, launched, within the frame of creating the United Educational Network, the internatization project of all the resource centers and public schools of Georgia. Having completed the layout of the network ahead of time and activated over 2,150 public schools and resource centers therein, MagtiCom has started and proceeds with rendering service to those schools and centers;
2010 – MagtiCom launched Bani;
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2012, January – MagtiCom launched MagtiSat, the first operator of satellite broadcasting in Georgia and South Caucasus region providing TV service to any point in the country. In 2022 (December 31), the MagtiSat service was discontinued and existing subscribers were migrated to Magti IPTV;
2013, December – MagtiCom offered 3 new movie channels of its own production dubbed in Georgian to the customers: Magti Hit, Magti Kino and Chveni Magti;
2015, February 1 – MagtiCom launched the 4G/LTE network covering the 92% of the populated and controlled territory of Georgia;
2016, May 30 – MagtiCom, LLC. and Caucasus Online LLC signed the purchase contract of operational assets;
2016, May 31 – MagtiCom began to offer LTE Advanced service for the first time in the telecommunications market in Georgia;
2016, August 1 – MagtiCom started to provide the fiber-optic internet, internet television (IPTV), and fixed telephony to the retail market and hosting service, whereupon it officially became the first company in the Georgian market providing full communications service – mobile and fixed telephony, internet and television.
2016, November 21 – MagtiCom and Deltacom have signed the Contract of purchasing the 100% share of Deltacom;
Since November 2017 Magticom is the market leader ISP operator in Georgia;
According to the March 2019 statistics from the Georgian National Communications Commission, MagtiCom continues to top the charts for fiber-optic internet, television (broadcast transit), and mobile telephony;
2018, May 2 – First in the telecommunications market of Georgia, MagtiCom launched VoLTE (Voice over Long-Term Evolution) technology;
2019, March 18 – Magti TV Play – TV app for smartphones;
From August 1, 2019, MagtiCom began to provide ESIM services.
2020, On August 13, MagtiCom has started testing 5G technology;
2020, On September 22 MagtiCom changed their logo;
2021, On February 12, umlaut, a global consultancy company, recognizes Magticom network as the “Best in Test” in Georgia;
2022, February, Electronic Signature was implemented;
2023, August, BI (Business Intelligence) implemented;
2024, On January 30 MagtiCom passed the ISO 27001 compliance certification audit and received the corresponding certificate from the British Standards Institute (BSI);
2024, On October 23 MagtiCom implemented the 5G network.
2025 - According to data from the first two quarters of 2025, MagtiCom mobile network was ranked 6th globally for internet speed.
2026, On January 12 MagtiCom became the first company in Georgia’s telecommunications sector to introduce artificial intelligence AI Magti Chat.
MagtiCom Technological History
The development of internet technologies in MagtiCom in chronological order:
The development of internet technologies in MagtiCom in chronological order:
2001 – 2G technology: transfer of SMS and small-volume data via WAPtechnology
2002 – 2.5G technology: MMS and GPRS technology
2006 – 3G technology: UMTS wireless broadband communication for mobile phones
2009 – 3.5G technology – HSDPA, HSPA, HSPA+ higher-speed data transfer
2015 – 4G technology: LTE network
2016 – 4.5G LTE Advanced technology became available in Georgia for MagtiCom customers.
2024 – 5G network
From Wikipedia’s article on MagtiCom, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5