Gov’t hoping to end GTT monopoly this year

Government hopes to conclude negotiations with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to liberalise the telecommunications sector and pass laws in this regard later this year.

“Mr Speaker, the government will conclude negotiations with ATN and GTT, with a view of bringing to an end GTT’s claim to a monopoly over international voice and data transmissions and domestic wireline service,” Minister of Finance Winston Jordan