PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1045177
PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1045177
Guyana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Guyana finally liberalises its telecom sector after a five-year delay
After many years of delays and legal challenges, the 2016 Telecommunications Act was brought into force in October 2020 by the newly elected government of the People's Party Progressive (PPP). The end of the 31-year monopoly held by the fixed-line incumbent Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) occurred just two months after the PPP took power from the APNU+AFC coalition, which had signed a non-binding agreement with GTT in 2019 to liberalise Guyana's telecoms market but failed to take any concrete action to make it happen.
The Telecommunications Act sets out a framework for enabling competition across all segments of the telecommunications sector in Guyana. The mobile market has been open to competition since 2001, but only one operator, Digicel Guyana, has successfully launched competing GSM and 3G services. While Digicel quickly built a small lead in the mobile market, it remains a duopoly, and penetration levels are well below those of other countries in the region. The Telecommunications Act presents the country with the potential to benefit from a more level playing field that may attract new players, but nevertheless Guyana's relatively small size and low GDP may restrict it from reaching its full potential for some more years to come.
This report includes the regulator's latest annual report, the ITU's 2020 market data, operator data to Q3 2021, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, an assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, and other recent market developments.
Key developments:
- The 2016 Telecommunications Act was finally passed in October 2020.
- Oil sales are expected to accelerate growth in the telecommunications sector as a result of the trickle-down effect increasing disposable incomes.
Companies mentioned in this report:
Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT), Digicel Guyana.
Table of Contents
Key statistics
Regional Latin America Market Comparison
- Market characteristics
- Market Leaders
- Market Challengers
- Market Emergents
- TMI versus GDP
- Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
- Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
Country overview
Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
- Economic considerations and responses
- Subscribers
- Infrastructure
Telecommunications market
Regulatory environment
- Regulatory authorities
- Privatisation of GTT
- Telecom sector liberalisation
- Telecommunications Amendment Act
Mobile market
- Mobile infrastructure
- 5G
- 4G (LTE)
- GSM
- Satellite mobile
- Mobile broadband
- Major mobile operators
- Cellink (GTT)
- Digicel Guyana
- Mobile content and applications
- M-payment services
Fixed-line broadband market
- Fixed-line broadband technologies
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
Digital economy
Fixed network market
- Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GTT)
Telecommunications infrastructure
- National telecom network
- International infrastructure
- Submarine cable networks
- Satellite networks
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports
List of Tables
- Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Guyana - 2021 (e)
- Table 2 - Evolution of GDP in Guyana - 2011 - 2021
- Table 3 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Table 4 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2014 - 2026
- Table 5 - Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Table 6 - Change in the number of DSL subscribers - 2011 - 2020
- Table 7 - Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
- Table 8 - Change in the number of GTT International's subscribers by sector - 2016 - 2021
- Table 9 - GTT International revenue by sector (Old style) ($ million) - 2015 - 2018
- Table 10 - GTT International revenue by segment ($ million) - 2019 - 2021
- Table 11 - International internet bandwidth - 2011 - 2017
- Table 12 - Historic - Evolution of GDP in Guyana - 2000 - 2010
- Table 13 - Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1997 - 2010
- Table 14 - Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1997 - 2010
- Table 15 - Historic - Mobile operators' market share - 2003 - 2011
- Table 16 - Historic - Digicel Guyana revenue - 2013 - 2015
- Table 17 - Historic - GTT mobile subscribers - 1999 - 2014
- Table 18 - Historic - Internet users and user penetration rate - 1998 - 2010
- Table 19 - Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration - 2005 - 2010
- Table 20 - Historic - DSL subscribers - 2005 - 2010
- Table 21 - Historic - GTT revenue by sector ($ million) - 2010 - 2015
- Table 22 - Historic - Internet users and user penetration rate - 2011 - 2026
List of Charts
- Chart 1 - Latin America Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Leaders
- Chart 2 - Latin America Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Challengers
- Chart 3 - Latin America Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Emergents
- Chart 4 - Latin America - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
- Chart 5 - Latin America - Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 6 - South America mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 7 - Central America - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 8 - South America - Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 9 - Central America - Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
- Chart 10 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 11 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2014 - 2026
- Chart 12 - Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 13 - Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
- Chart 14 - Change in the number of GTT International's subscribers by sector - 2016 - 2021
- Chart 15 - Development of GTT International's revenue by sector (Old style) - 2015 - 2018
- Chart 16 - GTT International revenue by segment - 2019 - 2021
- Chart 17 - International internet bandwidth - 2011 - 2017
List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1 - Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Latin America
- Exhibit 2 - Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
- Exhibit 3 - Latin America - Market Leaders and market developments
- Exhibit 4 - Latin America - Market Challengers and market developments
- Exhibit 5 - Latin America - Market Emergents and market developments
- Exhibit 6 - Map of Guyana
