GUYANA Telephone and Telegraph Company on Saturday last announced that landline internet users will experience ten times faster bandwidth speed in the near future but mobile users would have to wait a bit longer.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GT&T, Radha Krishna Sharma, speaking at the media dinner held at Grand Coastal Hotel, Le Resouvennir, East Coast Demerara, said that 2015 will see many new and improved services being offered by the company.

IMPROVED INTERNET SERVICE
At the top of that list will be an improved internet service which he said will see customers benefiting from ten times the speed they currently get at a cheaper price. “This year, we will continue to further revolutionise our services and our customers’ experiences. In the very near future, our customers will experience the best internet service in Guyana”, Sharma said.
However, the CEO explained that “data customers would not be able to experience this service from any other provider in this country.” He said that mobile phone users would be unable to take advantage of 3G or 4G. He related with a heavy heart that the company has been waiting for years on the approval for this service and the Government has not indicated why the approval has not been granted.
Sharma said while the telecommunications sector is still to be liberalised, the company has found itself competing on every front. He said they welcome liberalisation but it must also be done in a manner that is in keeping with the broad development of the sector and will feature policy guidelines. “All we ask for is policy certainty, predictable regulations and even handed treatments,” he said.
He expounded on a topic that he explained is very dear to him. On World Telecommunications and Information Society Day 2014, he noted, GT&T had pointed to the social and economic transformation that the use of the Internet and other communication technologies could bring to countries such as Guyana.
“We have seen economic activities catapult with the introduction of broadband services such as the emergence of a number of Call Centres and other IT-dependent businesses continue to create significant employment for tech-savvy and innovative youth,” he said.
The CEO thanked all the media operatives present for their hard work over the past year and encouraged them to continue to assist the company in all ways possible. “We are here for the long haul and of that you can be sure,” he emphasised.

(By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally)