-as part of its assistance package to the heavily flooded community
THE Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company has reduced telephone rates from Lethem to one dollar per minute as part of its assistance package to the heavily flooded Lethem community. A release from the company said; “As an initial measure to assist the residents, GT&T has decided to reduce rates for all calls originating from its Lethem cell sites. All calls originating from GT&T’s Lethem cell sites to any other GT&T mobile or landline number will be rated at just $1 per minute. This will be effective June 8, 2011.We will continue to look at ways of providing more relief in the coming days.”
GT&T added that it shares the pain of our brothers and sisters of Region 9. We are very concerned about the welfare and safety of everyone and will be playing our role in providing assistance.
The company noted the outstanding work of our employees in partnership with the Lethem residents and the Defence Force is exemplary, adding that the team has worked hard to ensure that there is no loss of service at Lethem. While the situation remains critical and our equipment continues to be under threat, we are working hard with the helpful residents to keep our service ongoing. During this time communication is critical.