Georgetown: The Government is engaging with a consortium to begin rehabilitation work on the fire optic cable. According to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, he is in possession of some of the latest reports on the progress being made in this regard, “seeking to restore the fire optic cable to its original design, and indeed its original purpose, transmission of bandwidth from Brazil to Castellani in Georgetown.”
The $ 1 billion project was affected by several defects which are in the process of being corrected. It has been some four years since the agreement was signed between Guyana and Brazil for a fiber-optic cable to link Government facilities and provide additional broadband internet capacity, locally.
The E-Government project will comprise a data center, a transmission network and data network. The data centre, or control centre, is to be housed in the compound of Castellani House. Government had announced that the connection would have allowed for, in addition to connectivity, a range of services such as “E-Health” allowing for video consultation, movement of information to and from health centers.
Security will also benefit as the project would allow quick transmission of information including video and data between police stations. The project intends to enable the setting up of an “E-library” which would allow for access to textbooks and other teaching aids, via the internet.
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