Mobile telecommunications provider Digicel is expected to receive formal approval soon for its own submarine fibre optic cable, which it plans to use to enhance its services with the expected liberalisation of the telecoms sector.
Former president Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday signalled that government may have granted permission to the company, although when asked by Stabroek News about approval Digicel Guyana Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dean said it was “a question for the government.”
“Now Digicel has applied to bring in another cable and I think the government has given them permission,” Jagdeo told attendees at the Guyana Manufactur-ing and