The Guyana Government’s LTE Fiber Optic Cable program is currently some 90 per cent complete and testing of the network will commence in a matter of days, early August to be more precise.
Program Director, Alexei Ramotar says that the entire length of the cable has been put in place and the technical personnel will now have to “splice” it together.
Asked about the effect of the loss of funds from the 2012 Budgetary Estimates, Ramotar said that they are trying their best and lamented the resort of having to borrow staff and vehicles from other state agencies.
The unit does have some money in its coffers but this is for payments to be made to Huawei out of China.
Ramotar explains the Chinese Company is paid in tranches for works which it would have completed and this aspect of financing for the project has not been affected.
The project, which commenced at the start of last year, is intended to boost the government’s ability to carry out its “e-governance” strategy.
The 560-kilometre cable was laid in six blocks, namely from Lethem to Annai, then from Annai to Kurupukari, from Kurupukari to Mabura, Mabura to Wisroc, Wisroc to Providence and then from Providence to Georgetown.
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