By Malisa Richards
Interim Secretary
“The creation of the Internet Society Guyana Chapter comes at a critical time in Guyana where international issues, such as the .amazon TLD, net neutrality, internet governance, connecting the next billion users and Guyanese issues, such as liberalization of the telecommunication sector becomes paramount in national and international dialogues” Hinds said.
Guyanese Internet users with an interest in internet policy and governance issues now have a local organization to address their interest. The Internet Society, a leading advocate for the open development, evolution and use of the Internet, announced on October 10 at the official launch of the local Chapter that it was happy to finally have Guyana onboard. It was, the wider body said, a major development for the telecommunication sector in Guyana since we are currently in the process of liberalizing the telecommunication sector.
The local Chapter came on board simultaneously with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chapter, increasing the number of English-speaking Chapters in the region to five.
