| The legal team, engineers and hierarchy at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company are currently analyzing the final draft of the interconnection of GT&T and Digicel with regards to Short Messaging Services (SMS).The general definition of SMS is the transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address.According to GT&T Director (Rate Making),Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Gene Evelyn, the negotiations have been ongoing for a number of years, but in the beginning,China Jerseys, Digicel was asking for too much to be included under the definition of SMS.He did note, however, that all of the tests have been conducted, and as soon as GT&T has cleared the current draft agreement as acceptable then the service will be implemented, meaning that GT&T subscribers will be able to send text messages to Digicel subscribers and vice versa.With regards to the most recent comments emanating from Digicel, Evelyn said that it was poignant to note that the company’s representative refrained from commenting on the ‘Free after 3’, which GT&T has been complaining about for a long time.According to Evelyn,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, he was informed that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) had ordered that Digicel halt the promotion but to date the offer is still being enjoyed by the company’s subscribers.PUC Chairman Prem Persaud could not be reached for a comment yesterday.Evelyn also responded to statements by Digicel that the promotional offer of cheap off-peak international calls from wire line phones was unfair given that Digicel did not have land lines.According to Evelyn,China Jerseys, the offer did not apply to GT&T mobile users,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, thus it’s being deemed unfair was puzzling.Evelyn pointed out that GT&T is expected to invest heavily in the land line services,China NFL Jerseys, but with people using items and services such as the Yap Jack, Vonage and Skype, which are all by-passing regularization, the company was losing money. Further, the country was losing as a whole, given that no taxes are paid on what the user collects.“They buy minutes in the US and sell it here for a profit and nothing is paid to any local party.”According to Evelyn, the promo was set up primarily for assessment and had it been feasible then the rate would have remained at the reduced price.(Gary Eleazar) |
