The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) Company has managed to clear a build-up of landline applications in the system, which had amounted in the thousands.
Chief Executive Officer, Damian Blackburn positioned on Thursday evening that every person who needs a landline connection should be able to acquire one. With the clearance of the backlog, just over 100 applications are in the system for processing.
“We had a backlog of landline applications when I arrived into the thousands. I’m pleased to report that this morning (Thursday) when we checked the backlog number, it was 108,” he revealed.
Blackburn credited this achievement to the technical workers who managed to install these services even throughout the COVID pandemic.
“The heroes of the frontline in GTT are engineers who did it through COVID, dodging the weather twice a year and they have done an incredible job. We have no more backlog or waiting time on landlines.”
With the growing usage of smart phones and data connections, companies are seeking more spectrum to cater for larger demands.
The CEO shared that the company has been pleased with the way this has been awarded in the last 18 months by authorities, in meeting the needs of the population.
He added, “All operators around the world need more and more spectrum. We have a plan. We apply for spectrum where we need it and we’ve been very very happy with the way the spectrum has been awarded to us over the course of the last 18 months.”
By 2024, GTT has made a commitment to have 75 per cent Fibre coverage across the country. Thus far, they have crossed 105,000 households, representing 55 per cent coverage.
“There is no difference between the GTT Fibre service you have here than what people are getting in the US from the big carriers. We are further ahead in the rollout of Fibre than any of those carriers in the developed world.”
This year, GTT upgraded the mobile networks of its customers to LTE and will be finished this year.
“It’s been a year of putting down massive foundations here that we’re going to build on in 2023,” Blackburn assured.
Since the launch of GTT Fibre a year ago, GTT has enhanced the value for money in its packages, bringing faster internet speeds and the ground-breaking GTT Fibre + Voice service including the ability to migrate a landline number and receive free minutes and calling features. Reliability is increased through affordable Plume Wi-Fi mesh solution and Power backup solution options.
Communities equipped with GTT Fibre in the last year include Amelia’s Ward, Tucber Park, Adelphi Settlement, Best Village, Vreed-en-Hoop, Plantain Walk, Non-Pareil, Supply Village, Helena No 1, Bygeval, Good Hope, Diamond, Grove, Vigilance, Friendship, Strathspey, Bladen Hall, Buxton, Melanie, Annandale, Bachelors Adventure, Section C Enterprise, Coldingen, Enterprise Gardens, Enterprise Hymac Scheme, Leonora, Cornelia Ida, Anna Catherina, Edinburgh, Groenveldt, Stewartville, Uitvlugt, Versailles, Pouderoyen, Malgre Tout and Good Fortuin. (G12)