Guyana Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Last updated: 5 Feb 2025 Update History

Report Status: Current

Report Pages: 105

Two-thirds of Guyana’s households now connected to fibre networks

Guyana’s telecom sector has undergone considerable changes since the October 2020 when the 2016 Telecommunications Act was brought into force by the newly elected government of the People’s Party Progressive (PPP). Since then, Green Gibraltar (trading as GG Cell) has been licenced to provide 5G services in the populated coastal regions of the country, while the rebranded ENet has also provided VOLTE-based 5G services. The principal telco GTT was itself rebranded as ONE Communications in September 2024. The company has greatly expanded the reach of its fibre network, and aims to cover 75% of all premises by the end of 2025. For its part, Digicel has completed its Deep Blue One submarine cable connecting Guyana to French Guiana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago.

The liberalisation of the market has also seen the government review the licence application from Starlink to provide satellite broadband services. This will ensure that broadband is available across the remote areas in the south of the country, as also offshore to cover fishing fleets and the oil and gas installations, which have become a crucial element of Guyana’s economic prosperity in recent years.

Key developments:

  • Telecom regulator introduces a price cap regime on ONE Communications relating to residential and business calls to fixed and mobile numbers.
  • Oil sales help accelerate growth in the telecoms sector as a result of the trickle-down effect increasing disposable incomes.
  • Digicel completes the Deep Blue One subsea cable project, improving connectivity between French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago.
  • Government assesses Starlink’s licence application to provide its satellite broadband service in Guyana
  • ONE Communications extends fibre to more than two-thirds of premises in Guyana through its Fibre Network Expansion program.
  • Government secures the outstanding $5 million due from the 2012 sale of its 20% stake in GTT.
  • ONE Communications and WANSAT complete a mobile backhaul network connecting remote base stations to the core network via a satellite link and fibre connections.
  • Report update includes the regulator's latest annual report and market data to June 2024, the ITU's 2023 market data, operator data to Q3 2024, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

  • ONE Communications (Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, GTT), Digicel Guyana, ENet (E-Networks), Green Gibraltar (GG Cell), Quark Communications

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