GTT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Justin Nedd has blamed the Government for its slow Internet services as it was criticised by youths on the eve of World Youth Day.
GTT CEO Justin Nedd
Nedd told the youth gathering at the Promenade Gardens at Middle and Waterloo Streets, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown on Saturday during a Come Alive Network Inc (CANI) conference that the Government has not given the ‘spectrum’ the company needed, thus resulting in the slow Internet service.
“We only launched 3G in 2016, because that’s when we were actually granted the spectrum from the Government. We were ready to launch 4G; we needed to be granted the spectrum from the Government and many times, people don’t understand that, they say well, it’s the providers but no. The Government has to actually say this spectrum is allocated to you, GTT…” he said.
The CEO, nevertheless, boasted that the company has been innovating over the years and advancing its services to locals. “Over the last year or two years, we have done in my mind a fantastic job at rolling out faster Internet (and) better quality services…for the first time in Guyana we have got 50 megabits per second and that is something we intend to do in more and more (parts) of the country,” he pointed out.
Nedd disclosed that come 2019, the company would be deploying faster broadband services.
Back in May 2016, the local company introduced 4G Internet service which was intended to replace the previous 2G coverage.
Also speaking at the launch, GTT Chief Commercial Officer Gert Post related that the company has been anticipating the implementation of the upgraded service, since it would improve Guyana’s communications with the rest of the world, even as telecommunications technology was advancing throughout the length and breadth of the globe.
He said the company was elated to improve Internet service for its customers which is in keeping with its mandate to “do more”.
Meanwhile, the CEO added that the company has invested over US$5 million to upgrade to 4G and an additional $30 million to $40 million to lay its fibre-optic cable.
