Dear Editor,
I would like to clarify some of the issues raised in the sensationally written article published by Kaieteur News on September 4 regarding the circumstances surrounding iNet Communications Inc. Firstly, I am concerned that in their haste to publish a tabloid headline, they made no effort to confirm any of the ‘facts,’ many of which are inaccurately stated.
Our phone numbers are listed in the telephone directory and our email addresses can easily be found online with a simple search in any of the easily accessible search engines online.
Now to deal with the inaccuracies in the article:
1. Please note that iNet was issued a Telecommunications Licence for Data Networks over 14 years ago. The details of iNet, GTT and Digicel’s licences should be available at NFMU. All three companies operate under the NFMU.
2. The Government of Guyana has repeatedly stated that the licences which cover the operations of iNet Communications, GTT and Digicel need to be updated to cover all new technologies like Internet, VOIP, IP TV, VPNs, etc. As such, while we all wait on the licensing updates (iNet, GTT and Digicel), everyone is continuing to operate as per normal.
3. What we are doing now is completely legal, and we have been doing it legally for the past 14 years.
We pay all of our licensing fees to NFMU. We pay duty on all of our equipment. We pay all of our relevant VAT and other taxes. Most of our board of directors and staff are Guyanese. And again, we have been doing this for the past 14 years.
4. The only difference in our current operations is that now we have the fastest data network in Guyana. We are using satellites to achieve this feat since it is the fastest way to connect businesses operating, and residential consumers living away from the coastline of Guyana (Berbice River, Mabaruma, Kaituma, etc). We are now the only network that has 100% coverage of the country, with maximum 10 Mbps internet download speeds, at affordable prices.
Yours faithfully,
George Melville
CEO
iNet Communications,
Global Technology
Group
