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Govt. suspends legal reform of telecoms sector

Nov 16, 2012 News

–    Talks “heightened” with GT&T, Digicel

The government has suspended its efforts to pursue liberalization of the telecoms sector in Parliament, opting for more talks with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Digicel.
Two bills for the reform of the sector were before Parliament. The bills are the Telecommunications Amendment Bill and Public Utilities Commission Amendment Bill. The Bills were introduced already and were due to be read a second time, during which there would have been debate and its possible enactment by the House.
However, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that the governing PPP has made known its desire not to pursue the second reading of the Bills and has also informed GT&T and Digicel of its intentions.
Luncheon said that bilateral engagements with GT&T and Digicel have started and will continue. He said the aim of those discussions is agreement of liberalisation of de-monopolisation of the sector.
New legislation specifically addresses the expansion of telecommunications networks and services into unserved and underserved areas through the institution of a new universal access/universal services programme.
The pieces of legislation also call for a number of changes in the policies and operations of the PUC.
The legislation was intended to create a new legal framework “characterized by transparency and non-discrimination in the issuance and monitoring of licenses and authorizations to use the spectrum, seamless interconnection and access  between and among telecommunications networks and services and price regulation where required, to ensure competition and protect consumers.”

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