The Guyana Consumers Association is opposing the proposal by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) for an increase in the rates for landline services and is asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to order a decrease in rates.
“We will respectfully recommend to the PUC that the Application Tariff 14 made by GT&T for increased charges for landline services be rejected,” a memorandum from the GCA to the PUC, dated September 23, stated.
GT&T earlier this year applied to the PUC under the PUC Act for new rates. A PUC hearing on the application had been rescheduled for