On June 18, 1990, the Government of Guyana (GOG) and Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN) signed an agreement that would create a new, private limited liability company, GTT.
[2] Initially GTT’s focus was on the provision of local fixed line, long-distance and international voice calls.
Notably, its primary source of revenue came from premium rate numbers dialled from the United States, of which estimates of between 35% and 90% were for phone sex lines.
GTT constructed Guyana’s first submarine fibre optic cable which was launched under the brand name “emagine” in the early 2000s.
GTT also owns a web-enabled outsourcing call center to Latin America and the Caribbean, Atlantic Tele-Center, Inc., located just outside Georgetown, Guyana.
Founder/Principal Shareowner (Cornelius B Prior) Board of Directors (Justin Benincasa (Chairman), Barry Fougere, Xun Xi, John Audet) Chief Executive Officer (Damian Blackburn) Chief Technical Officer (Russell Davis) VP Finance and Corporate Controller (David Soo Ting) GTT's main competitor is Jamaican-based Digicel, headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica.