Telecoms legislation for approval in first quarter of 2013

Georgetown: Government says the two critical Bills designed liberalize the telecommunications sector will be debated in Parliament for approval by April, 2013.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who is in charge of the telecoms sector postpone the debate Thursday evening saying that government is attempting to reach an agreement so as to prevent any conflict in the National Assembly.

The Telecommunications Bill 2012 and Public Utilities Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012, have been lingering in the National Assembly since August and government has been postponing the debate while holding consultations with the two local telephone companies, Digicel (Guyana) and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).