Guyana is seeing continued demand for radio spectrum, including from the offshore oil industry, with three frequency authorisation applications or amendments published in recent telecommunications notices.
Among them is an application from Noble Drilling (Guyana) Inc., which is seeking authorisation to operate radiocommunications equipment aboard the Noble Developer vessel.
The application, submitted on September 14, seeks approval for two very small aperture terminal (VSAT) systems using the Ku-band, with 1.2 MHz of spectrum requested for the vessel's earth station.
Noble Drilling is the only applicant in the notices whose submission is explicitly tied to an offshore vessel, making it the clearest extractives-related application.
The other notices involve terrestrial communications.
OSES Inc. applied to amend an existing frequency authorisation to use 17 UHF receivers in the 430–440 MHz band, with 12.5 kHz of spectrum, for a private telecommunications network at its Thomas Street location in Georgetown.
AGM Inc. also applied for an amendment, covering 50 handheld radios operating in the 136–174 MHz VHF band, again using 12.5 kHz of spectrum, for its private telecommunications network at Durban Backlands.
The notices were published by the agency responsible for telecommunications under the Telecommunications Act 2016, with members of the public invited to submit comments on the applications. The deadline for comments on the OSES and AGM applications is October 12, while comments on Noble Drilling's application are due by November 11. 1089e91f-0c3b-432e-89e9-1f0c3ba…
For Guyana's expanding offshore petroleum industry, spectrum is part of the communications infrastructure needed to maintain connectivity between vessels and shore-based operations. The Telecommunications Agency itself provides separate frequency authorisation processes for ships and other telecommunications uses.
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