GTT announced yesterday it will now accelerate its GTT Fibre rollout to achieve a new goal of 75% of homes passed by 2024, the communications company said in a press release.
Damian Blackburn, Chief Executive Officer, said GTT will be investing an additional 10 billion dollars on top of the 22 billion Guyanese dollars already invested in fibre in Guyana so far. “We will have to ensure three out of every four households in Guyana can choose GTT Fibre,” the CEO said.
The release said that since the launch of GTT Fibre in September 2021, the company has made it available to over 25,000 new homes in 36 communities. Over 45% of Guyanese homes can now choose to experience GTT Fibre, a feat many operators and countries in North America and Europe have failed to achieve.
Communities equipped with GTT Fibre in the last year include Amelia’s Ward, Tucber Park, Adelphi Settlement, Best Village, Vreed-en-Hoop, Plantain Walk, Non-Pariel, Supply Village, Helena #1, Bygeval, Good Hope, Diamond, Grove, Vigilance, Friendship, Strathspey, Bladen Hall, Buxton, Melanie, Annandale, Bachelors Adventure, Section C Enter-prise, Coldingen, Enterprise Gardens, Enterprise Hymac Scheme, Leonora, Cornelia IDA, Anna Catherina, Edin-burgh, Groenveldt, Stewartville, Uitvlugt, Versailles, Pouderoyen, MalgreToute and Goed Fortuin.
The release said the sum total thus far exceeds 95,000 homes being passed in Guyana with GTT Fibre by the end of August. The company expects to pass the 100,000 mark shortly and promises in September to bring the GTT Fibre experience to the county of Berbice in New Amsterdam & Rose Hall communities. Chief Operating Officer, Ishwar Thakurdin said, “We are very proud that GTT Fibre is being built by Guyanese for the Guyanese. More than 90 percent or 150 of our highly trained Fibre technicians and engineers are Guyanese. This will increase in the future as we launched a 20 strong apprentice program this year and we agreed with the GPTWU union to retrain all our current team with Fibre skills.”
The release noted that superior high-speed internet experience and growing economies are linked to the reliability of connectivity, both at home and in the office. GTT, the release said, understands this and is focused on reliably connecting its customers by rapidly rolling out GTT Fibre to as many communities as possible. Since the launch of GTT Fibre a year ago, GTT has enhanced the value for money in its packages, bringing faster internet speeds and the groundbreaking GTT Fibre + Voice service including the ability to migrate a landline number and receive free minutes and calling features.
