GEORGETOWN, Guyana-Trans-World Telecom Caribbean Ltd. has started installing GSM equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. in Guyana. TWTC, a new telecom carrier in the Caribbean, will offer wireless service through its Cel*Star Guyana subsidiary.
The Nortel infrastructure, which will be GPRS and EDGE ready, will include radio access and core equipment. The value of the gear was not disclosed.
Cel*Star will compete with Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co., which operates an AMPS network also supplied by Nortel and has more than 105,000 customers in the country.
