The Government of Guam has issued a request for information RFI seeking comments on an earlier RFP it issued regarding the privatisation of the Guam Telephone Authority GTA. The GTA is the last government owned local telecom authority in the US, all other local carriers having been privatised in the 1980sand 1990s.
The RFI comes after a previous privatisation attempt in 2001 only attracted one bidder, which according to officials at the GTA, once evaluated was found to be non-conforming.
Guam is a US Territory 1500 miles south of Japan and east of the Philippines. It covers 212 square miles and has a population of 163,000. Average...
