Caucasus Online () is one of the largest
Georgian Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides a myriad of services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, no ...
s and controls a large part of the Georgian internet communications market. Caucasus Online was formed by the unification of several major Georgian ISPs: ''Caucasus Network'', ''Georgia Online'' and ''SaNet''. in 2006. In 2008 ''Telenet'', the main provider of wireless and fiber-optic Internet in Georgia, merged with the Caucasus Online.
Since 2008, Caucasus Online has been the sole owner of a submarine fiber-optic cable constructed by
Tyco Electronics (today known as TE Subcom), through which it transits Internet traffic from Europe to the south Caucasus and Caspian region. The FOC was laid on the bottom of the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
to provide a direct, high-quality fiber-optic Internet connection from Europe to the Caucasus region and Middle East. In September 2016, Caucasus Online sold its retail business to
Magticom, and now Caucasus Online is a major wholesale operator in the region.
In 2019, Azerbaijan's
Neqsol Holding acquired 49% of the Caucasus Online for $61 million. Neqsol acquired the remainder on 24 March 2021.
References
External links
Caucasus Online websiteTyco Telecommunications
Internet in Georgia (country)
Telecommunications companies of Georgia (country)
Telecommunications companies established in 1998
1998 establishments in Georgia (country)
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