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GT&T loses over $50,000 monthly on each landline

Feb 06, 2011 News

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) says that it is losing between $50,000 and $80,000 monthly on each landline, even as it continues to take a beating from its international calls’ revenues from illegal bypass and other means.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, GT&T’s Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo, disclosed that the company is taking a real serious look in the direction it is heading.
With its Cellink services remaining a big earner and the company looking to capitalize on the country’s extra bandwidth, the challenge now will be finding ways to link up several areas without the landlines.
GT&T currently has about 150,000 landline subscribers translating to literally billions of dollars in loss.
Without landlines will mean wireless technology while significant infrastructure will have to be built to address the other option.
Setting up landlines has always been a major undertaking for GT&T which is facing increasing pressure from new housing schemes for services.
Areas like Parfaite Harmonie, Belle West, West Minister and Onderneeming along with the Canals Polder which has thousands of new homes are without services.
Last year, Guyana teamed up with Suriname to launch a US$30M fibre optic cable expected to revolutionize the country’s IT sector.
With Georgetown completed and sections of East Bank Demerara currently being upgraded, Mahadeo on Friday admitted that the rollout of Emagine  has been delayed somewhat but would restart by mid-year.
Questioned about the viability of landline, the official noted that in some countries, it is a foregone conclusion that it is dying.
However, landlines are much preferred by banks and other businesses, because of its stability, to bring internet connections.
Wireless is more susceptible to inference whereas landline is more of a man-made factor— sabotage.

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