Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said that negotiations between the government and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on breaking the telecommunications monopoly the company holds are to begin this week.
Luncheon made the disclosure yesterday when approached by this newspaper for a comment on the issue.
President Bharrat Jagdeo had recently said that negotiations with the incumbent telecommunications operator GT&T would have commenced on February 5. He was at the time chairing a meeting of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).
The Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) had earlier reported that Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh would be leading the government’s negotiating team.
Liberalizing the telecommunications sector is regarded as necessary for improving the quality and reducing the price of telecommunications services, as well as facilitating rapid employment growth in the ICT-enabled services sector.
