Sentence:  Early in 1993, ATN [<nowiki/>Atlantic Tele-Network] requested and obtained from the GOG [Government of Guyana] a <WSD>rephasing</WSD> of the programme. ATN made this request on the basis of suppliers' delays, and theft and willful destruction of property locally. Thus, whereas the scope of agreed works remains unchanged, the time frames are no longer applicable. At least one implication of this <WSD>rephasing</WSD> is clear: at minimum, there must result a postponement of some of the benefits expected from the divestiture. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A rescheduling; "especially", a rescheduling of debt repayments or other obligations.