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Fibre optic cable links Guyana, Brazil – Mid-year Report

Nov 03, 2012 News

A total of 560 kilometers of fibre optic cable has been deployed from Lethem to Georgetown as part of Government’s quest to transform and modernise the society. According to the 2012 Mid-year Report, which was circulated in the National Assembly last week, in addition to the length of fibre optic cable, five repeater stations along the route have been constructed.
It was outlined that the electrical works for these stations are currently being sourced and installed and have already allowed for a connection to Brazil. The connection to the neighbouring territory was established during the third quarter of this year.
This connection, according to the Report, will be further complemented by the deployment of the Coastal Wireless and Fibre Optic Network which will see the installation of a fibre optic cable along the coast.
The set-up will cater to the construction of 54 4-Generation Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) sites and the establishment of a National Data centre that will act as a central hub for communications as well as central computing complex for Government agencies and schools.
The data centre has already been constructed and will be deployed shortly with site integration which was expected to commence last month and continue until February 2013.
The Report details, too, that agreements have been established with 45 site holders for the erection of the 4G LTE sites while the equipment is in transit and soil tests are being conducted.
The civil work had commenced at these sites during the third quarter while the equipment installation and integration is expected to be completed by early next year.
In its attempt to promote information and communication technology, the Government had developed an Information Communication Strategy which it believes will facilitate a dramatic improvement in social and economic welfare for all Guyanese.
A major aim of e-Government, the Report states, is to facilitate high speed data access between various regions of Guyana and Georgetown for delivery of e-Government content thereby ensuring redundancy in connectivity.
It was against this background it was outlined that the fibre optic cable from Lethem to Georgetown was pursued.
In 2011 Government purchased 27,000 laptops to be distributed under the One Laptop Per Family project and as at the end of June 2012 approximately 11, 149 laptops were distributed around the country. The figure included 2,438 which were distributed during the first half of this year and according to the Report the distribution process is still ongoing.
It was also noted that the recipients have benefited from mandatory 10-hour training sessions that exposed them to actual device, word processing and spreadsheet skills as well as lessons in navigating the internet.

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