GO to provide telecoms for Valletta Summit and CHOGM

GO plc will be the official telecoms provider for both the 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration, taking place this week, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), taking place between 27 and 29 November 2015. 

As part of this project, GO will deliver all telephony service, as well as all fixed and mobile data services, bandwidth capability and TV services in all locations that will be used during both events.

Kurt Camilleri, Chief Commercial Officer at GO, said, “The decision by the Government and the CHOGM task force to appoint GO as the official telecoms provider for these two prestigious summits is a clear vote of confidence in GO’s highly resilient core and fibre networks, and its fully owned international links which are unmatched in the Malta context. It is also testament to GO’s vast experience and expertise in organising telecoms requirements for such high profile events.”

Both the 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration and CHOGM will be making use of the Mediterranean Conference Centre. CHOGM, however, will also be making use of a number of other venues across Malta with various fora and meetings taking place in different five star hotels, while the Heads of Government retreat will take place at Fort St Angelo. GO will also be providing all the telecoms infrastructure for the international press centres for both events.

Phyllis Muscat, Chair of the CHOGM task force, said, “An event like CHOGM, and indeed the 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration, needs a best in class communications infrastructure behind it. For the Government delegations, conference and fora delegates, and the hundreds of journalists attending, fast and resilient voice and data communications are essential, and this was a crucial factor in our decision to appoint GO as official telecoms provider.”