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Commissioning of UG Internet Resource Centre

As part of the three-year $60M MOU signed with the University of Guyana earlier this year, GT&T has financed the refurbishment and replacement of hardware and software in the Computer Lab at the University of Guyana.

The facility was commissioned by His Excellency President Donald Ramotar,  GT&T CEO Mr. R.K Sharma and the University’s Vice Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday, Thursday, September 18, 2014 at the University’s CIT Building, Turkeyen Campus.

The Internet Resource Centre was re-commissioned at the cost of $20 million, although the initial estimate was $10 million. It is now re-equipped with 57 spanking new ‘Lenovo’ desktop computers, in addition to a router and access point to enhance the delivery and distribution of bandwidth.

Additionally, the commissioning ceremony marked the delivery of the 2Mbps of dedicated Internet Bandwidth to the Centre for Information Technology (CIT) at an overall cost of $1.2 million monthly, for the next three years. This forms part of a $60 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed on April 30 by GT&T for the provisions of funds to the University for a series of developmental projects valued at $20 million annually for a period of three years.

 

 

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