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Local companies urged to capitalize on Regional Telecommunications opportunities
Local companies have been urged to capitalize on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) opportunities of the Region at the recently concluded 35th Annual G
Stakeholders at the telecommunications sector at the recently concluded AGM meeting
eneral Meeting, (AGM) of Caribbean Telecommunication’s Association (CANTO).
The meeting was held at the Guyana Marriott under the theme: ‘Transitioning to a Digital Region: Opportunities and Challenges’ to contribute towards improving the state of the Region.
Minister of Public Telecommunication, Cathy Hughes, highlighted the strides of Guyana in the telecommunications sector in the last few years, and urged companies to network for further advancement.
“I do not need to convince this gathering that the industries that we so far have depended on as a Region for so many years no longer have the scope or the functional capacity that we require to support our national and economic development requirements,” she said.
“It is not lost on us that we must diversify. Diversify quickly and most importantly, diversify into those sectors and industries that will make the most use of our intellectual capacities.”
This is the main reason, she noted, that the current administration, realising that the country was lagging in ICT in the Region, moved to make much-needed improvements in the last few years.
It is against this backdrop that CANTO together with one of its founding members – Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GTT) hosted the 35th AGM & Mini Expo at the Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown, last week.
The event is a key driver of sweeping change in the telecommunications industry, globally.
Given it mandate, CANTO has been at the forefront of this transformation, both as an industry witnessing large-scale change in its market environment and as a key driver of worldwide digitalization.
As such, deliberations along the captioned theme included improving the state of the region and by extension the world through the harnessing of the value added from digital transformation, both for business and society— while identifying the challenges to be overcome in order to deliver premium customer value in an equalized digitally transformed ecosystem.
A pivotal aspect of this event was the Annual General Meeting, which allowed members to focus on the statutory obligations and chart the course of the Association for the 2019/20 financial year.
The Mini Expo also showcased emerging technologies from global suppliers while the GSMA led workshop will center on ‘Unlocking Rural Mobile Coverage’.
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