Conclusion
Introduction
Last week I began a review of the Telecommunications Bill which is currently being considered by a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly before it is returned to the main body for passage and certain assent by the President before the Parliament is prorogued no later than September 28, 2011.
By implication, the Bill will bring to an end the exclusivity licence which Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited currently enjoys. The basis for the exclusivity is an agreement signed between GT&T’s parent company ATN and the Hoyte administration which, despite a sometimes stormy relationship, successive the PPP/C governments have honoured. An initial 20-year licence came
