DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Guyana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The only English-speaking nation in South America, Guyana has a small population with one of the lowest GDP rates in the region. Nevertheless, GDP growth has been steady in recent years and economic growth projections to the end of the decade are encouraging.
The incumbent telco Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T, rebranded as GTT in late 2015) is controlled by the US-based Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN). The company competes with Digicel in the mobile market but retains a monopoly over fixed-line services. Although GTT's fixed-line monopoly was renewed for 20 years in December 2010 it drew to a close following the passing of the 2016 Telecommunications Act.
However, since 2017 there have been delays in negotiations between the government and GTT relating to the terms of the market liberalisation and so the monopoly has been retained in practice: GTT claims that it enjoys a monopoly on international voice and data services until 2030. Digicel is expected to launch competing services in the fixed-line market as soon as it is able to do so. In March 2019 the government signed an MoU with GTT's parent company ATN regarding licensing terms and the benefits expected to develop from market liberalisation.
Fixed broadband services have improved, especially since the opening of the SG-SCS submarine cable in mid-2010, but they are still comparatively slow and expensive, and the number of broadband subscribers remains small. The submarine cable being proposed by Digicel would provide a second link to international cable infrastructure in the region and would go far in reducing consumer pricing.
The government's plan to build a domestic network connecting government offices in remote and inland areas was halted by a newly elected government in 2015 and closed down in 2016, having been disastrously mismanaged. However, in the 2019 budget funds have been made available to promote the use of ICTs for a range of e-government, e-health and tele-education services, as well as to build ICT hubs in remote areas affecting a number of communities.
In the mobile sector GTT's mobile unit Cellink competes with Digicel Guyana. Both operate GSM/GPRS networks while Cellink in mid-2017 also launched a limited LTE service.
Key Developments:
- Government signs MoU with GTT to resolve market liberalisation issues;
- New telecom sector regulator set up;
- Government allocates funds for ICT development in 2019 budget;
- GTT launches LTE and fibre broadband services;
- Digicel Guyana has microwave link with Suriname shut down;
- Three spectrum monitoring stations opened;
- Government struggles to complete end to GTTs monopoly;
- E-Networks signs agreement to use O3bs Fiber in the Sky satellite network;
- Report update includes the regulators 2017 annual report, ITUs 2017 market data, operator data to Q1 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Key statistics
2 Country overview
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Market analysis
4 Regional Latin America Market Comparison
4.1 Telecom Maturity Index by tier
4.2 TMI versus GDP
4.3 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
4.4 Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
5 Regulatory environment
5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Regulatory authorities
5.3 Privatisation of GTT
5.4 Telecom sector liberalisation
6 Fixed network operators
6.1 Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GTT)
7 Telecommunications infrastructure
7.1 National telecom network
7.2 International
7.3 Fixed broadband market
7.4 Broadband statistics
7.5 Fixed-line broadband technologies
8 Digital economy
9 Mobile market
9.1 Market analysis
9.2 Mobile statistics
9.3 Mobile broadband
9.4 Digital networks
9.5 Major mobile operators
9.6 Mobile content and applications
9.7 M-payment services
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