Yes its here....GT&T's Blackberry Service

Yes its here….GT&T’s Blackberry Service

Nov 12, 2011 News

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday launched

Models pose with the Blackberry devices at the launch of GT&T’s Blackberry service yesterday.

its Blackberry service and introduced four smart phones, with a boast that even if it was not the first, it would be the best.
The company added excitement to its launch, complete with a flash mob around Georgetown, by announcing the imminent introduction service for Iphones, and a further reduction in the cost of international calls from December.
Persons would be able to call the United States for less than $20 per minute from their landline phones, while calls to other international destinations would also be significantly reduced. The new rates have come with the approval of the regulatory body, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
GT&T has been investing US$20 million in the telecommunications sector each year for the last 20 years, Chief Executive Yog Mahadeo said that he was seeing no reason why that would not continue.
The launch of GT&T’s Blackberry service comes years after the product was introduced by the company’s mobile rival Digicel, and Mahadeo, while admitting the delay threw jabs at “the red guys.”
He said that the Blackberry devices would not be “locked,” affording customers choice. A SIM card from the competitor can be used in an instrument acquired from GT&T. This is not the same with instruments purchased from Digicel.
The plans offered by GT&T include Chat, Social, Connect, and Professional, with customers being able to choose a pre-paid plan for a daily rate of as low as $199.
The introduction of the Blackberry service allowed GT&T to “break the monopoly” on the same service offered by Digicel for the past four years.
GT&T has been picked on for controlling the telecommunications sector. Digicel recently accused the company of intimidating the government into stalling the passage of laws that would open up the sector. GT&T has denied that charge.
In an apparent plug as the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) campaigns for re-election this November 28, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said that in the new Parliament, legislation would be introduced for a fully competitive environment.
President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is on his way out of office, pushed the same line, saying the government would ensure the sector is liberalized.
He said that a liberalized telecommunications sector would best serve the interest of Guyana.

Part of the flash mob for GT&T’s Blackberry launch yesterday.

Mahadeo said that GT&T could have done much more, such as launching 4G (the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards) in every home, if certain things were in place.
He bragged that GT&T has blazed the trail of telecommunications in Guyana. The company has a staff of 700.
He said the company is not all about making profits, but about ensuring that the dreams of Guyanese become a reality.
Mahadeo said that the company now has 150,000 landline subscribers and 300,000 mobile subscribers.
Regarding the Blackberry service, he said that GT&T is offering a service that makes a difference. Persons can choose either a Basic, Standard, Gold or Platinum package.

12 thoughts on “Yes its here….GT&T’s Blackberry Service”

GT2NA November 12, 2011 at 9:37 am

great move.what are the rate plan.Gold and platinum.
wisden November 12, 2011 at 9:45 am

WOW NOW GTT COME WITH BLACKBERRY AND ALL OF THAT MONEY THEIR ROBING CUSTOMER I REMEMBER BEFORE DIGICEL CAME TO GUYANA WHEN U MAKE A CALL AND YOU SPEND COUPLE OF SECOND ON THE PHONE YOU USE TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE MIN… BUT WHEN DIGICEL COME I COULD SEE AND PEOPLE COULD BUY A PHONE…I COULD REMEBER ONE TIME I SAW A HOME LESS MAN CALL HIS OTHER HOMELESS FRIEND 2 CORNERS AWAY TO COME AND HELP PUSH THIS CART AND THE MARKET….AND I SAY LOOK HOW PHONE GET CHEAP THANK TO DIGICEL….
Burch01 November 12, 2011 at 10:59 am

Devoid of ideas……put dem people also in your flash mob.
Guest November 12, 2011 at 12:19 pm

People running from this,why GT&T and Digicel killing themselves, right now is the Iphone 4s and the new Droid Razr doing it
1. Lunar TheSilverstar November 12, 2011 at 4:22 pm
  
  That’s because the telecom providers in GY blind the minds of the people as to what is happening around the rest of the world. They portray the Blackberry as if it’s the best thing available so people want it. I have an Android phone (Samsung SGS2) and it is light years ahead of any Blackberry device. Unfortunately these providers are going to mint money from the general Guyanese public, who will be under the illusion that they are on top of technology.
  1. Nate December 7, 2011 at 12:18 am
    
    So you are able to use the Samsung Galaxy S II in Guyana? Does the internet work here?
seclusive November 12, 2011 at 4:50 pm

This is a definite blow to those bottom house Internet service providers…@20bucks home its an effort to go elsewhere to pay $10/min….its a welcome sign in these guava season…
movingonNY November 12, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Mahadeo should be ashamed of himself ,when the world has achieve 4G and now going to Androit he is talking of Blackberry. South Korea is putting 100G in every home. It is a solid example of the backwardness that the goverment has the people of Guyana in. All the small caribbean Island got BB service years ago.
It would be worst if Donald win,these pre-historic politicians will only drive the country further backwards. If Jagdeo was the best in 1999 , just imagin what a 18 century politician will do for the country.in the 21st century
1. Shaun Salim November 12, 2011 at 9:02 pm
  
  I really wonder if the critics can do better.
Shaun Salim November 12, 2011 at 9:00 pm

Finally, GTT broke the Black Berry monopoly. GT&T all the way.
Shaun Salim November 12, 2011 at 9:05 pm

The past is the past, lets look to the future for new developments by GTT
phone service December 1, 2011 at 5:34 am

great move! This move from GTT will broke the Black Berry monopoly. GT&T all the way!