– GT&T still committed
to competition
Both the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Digicel remain in the dark as to reason for government’s decision to postpone the formalization of arrangements for bringing into force legislation which would have effectively ushered in a liberalized telecommunications sector.
Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dean and his GT&T opposite number Yog Mahadeo told Stabroek Business earlier this week that they had not been formally notified as to the reason for the government’s decision not to press ahead with bringing an end to GT&T’s existing monopoly which had been the subject of negotiations prior to the passage of enabling legislation in the National Assembly earlier this year. Also, Mahadeo confirmed, there had been no contact between the Government of Guyana and GT&T’s parent company Atlantic Tele Network earlier this year.
In his interview with this newspaper Dean said Digicel was “still in the dark” as to the reason for what the company regards as a delay in introducing competition into the
