Telecoms news from Guyana

Guyana Drops Plans to Liberalise International Voice Traffic Market

Pan-Caribbean mobile network operator, Digicel has protested against the decision of the Guyana Parliament not to pass legislation that would break a monopoly on international calls in Guyana. ...more.

Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Chooses Comverse for Business Transformation

Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T), the incumbent telecommunications service provider in Guyana, has selected a range of products from Comverse ...more.

Aptilo Fast-Tracks WiMAX Deployment in Guyana for E-Networks

Aptilo Networks says that it has speeded up the deployment of a WiMAX network in South America's Guyana on behalf of the internet service provider, E-Networks. ...more.

Digicel Group Names New Regional CEO for Dutch Caribbean, Suriname and Guyana

Digicel Group announced that Philip Van Dalsen has been appointed Regional CEO with responsibility for the Dutch Caribbean, Suriname and Guyana. ...more.

ZTE to roll out 3G Networks in French Caribbean and Indian Ocean

China's ZTE has secured a contract to roll out all of Outremer Telecom's new GSM/UMTS networks in the company's overseas territories in the French regions of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. ...more.

Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls

Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls. ...more.

Western Union Enables PrePay Top-Ups in The Caribbean

Digicel has teamed with The Western Union Company to allow US residents to buy PrePay top-ups and send them to mobile phone accounts belonging to customers in Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador and Guyana. ...more.

3G Licenses Granted in French Overseas Departments

The French telecoms regulator has awarded 3G licenses in the French Overseas Departments of La Réunion, the French Antilles and Guyana. ...more.

French Overseas Territories to get 3G Licenses

France's telecoms regulator, ARCEP has announced plans to award 3G licenses in the French Overseas départements and collectivities. The affected areas are: Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana, the cities of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. ...more.

ATNI: Still growing in Guyana but Bermuda falls short again

ATNI's wireless networks in Bermuda and Guyana experienced differing fortunes in Q3 2007. Bermuda Digital Communications (BDC) continued to shed customers, losing a further 576 in the quarter to finish on 20,155. ...more.

Digicel slams Guyana's GT&T telecoms monopoly, calls for liberalization

Dennis O'Brien, CEO of Irish-owned Caribbean mobile operator Digicel, has criticized the monopoly of international long distance calls by Guyana incumbent GT&T, prompting a sharp response from GT&T's CEO Joe Singh, local daily the Stabroek News reported. ...more.