Uplink for TVG has broken GT&T monopoly – Vieira

Anthony Vieira

Former proprietor of Vieira Communications Limited, Anthony Vieira is questioning the propriety of the Channel 28 uplink for the Guyana Learning Channel since there is supposed to be a monopoly on such services held by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph only.

Government is paying TVG, formerly Vieira Communications Limited, $3.6 million per month in a bundled package for services inclusive of the up-linking cost to the NSS-806 satellite on behalf of the Guyana Learning Channel.

In a recent letter to Stabroek News, Vieira said that at the time of the transfer of the