Silknet JSC ( ka, სილქნეტი) is a

telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

company in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

, and a subsidiary of Silk Road Group. Silknet delivers various telecom services to more than one million customers across the whole country. Silknet is the largest telecommunication company in

and the entire

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising parts of Southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The Caucasus Mountains, i ...

region. Silknet provides

mobile communication Mobile telephony is the provision of wireless telephone services to mobile phones, distinguishing it from fixed-location telephony provided via landline phones. Traditionally, telephony specifically refers to voice communication, though th ...

(branches: Geocell and S1), cable internet (branches: SilkOptic and

DSL Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean asymmetric di ...

), wireless internet,

IPTV Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Usually sold and run by a Telephone company, telecom provider, it consists of broadcast live telev ...

(branch Silk TV), OTT Streaming TV (Silk-TV Digital), wireless fixed telephony, cable fixed telephony (

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also known as IP telephony, is a set of technologies used primarily for voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. VoIP enables voice calls to be transmitted as ...

, OTT), Satellite TV service (branch: Global TV). Silknet's main local competitors are

MagtiCom MagtiCom, LLC. (Georgian language, Georgian: :ka:მაგთიკომი, მაგთიკომი) is a Georgian telecoms company founded on February 12, 1996 by Dr. George (Gia) Jokhtaberidze. On September 22, 1997, the Company made th ...

, New Net and Beeline. In 2018, Silknet acquired Geocell. This was the largest acquisition of a company in Georgia.

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Telecommunications companies of Georgia (country) Telecommunications companies established in 2010 Companies based in Tbilisi Brands of Georgia (country) {{telecom-company-stub

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