GTT, Digicel to roll out 4G service

With approval granted by government, coupled with its signalled intent to pass the long-awaited telecommunications liberalisation legislation, the country’s two mobile carriers GTT and Digicel have announced that they will roll out 4G service in time for Guyana’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

“Finally, we will bring you 4G (fourth generation mobile telecoms technology). I know that you have waited a long time and I am happy as you to say that we have received approval from the government,” Chief Executive Officer of GTT, Justin Nedd, announced in a statement on Friday.

Digicel fired back the next day saying that while it was not “bashing” GTT,