The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has denied GTT’s application for increases in wireline access and landline metered charges, saying that the telecommunications giant did not present a convincing case.
The Guyana Telegraph and Telephone Company (GTT) had applied on October 1st, 2018, to the PUC for a Tariff Regime for Access and Landline Metered Charges, which caters for increases in landline access charges and landline metered charges. The first hearing was held on October 24th and the last on November 19th.
GTT had proposed that for residential customers with one to two lines, the charge would increase from $750 to $800, with three increments of $50 to be added six months after implementation. Further, residential customers with more than two lines would be subjected to an increase from $1,500 to $1,600, with an increase of $50 to be added after six months of implementation.