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    <periodOfReport>2018-11-07</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001315255</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GTT Communications, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GTT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001308564</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Calder Richard</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>7900 TYSONS ONE PLACE, SUITE 1450</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MCLEAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22102</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-11-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>140000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1327908</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>495481</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Rick Calder LLC Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Performance grant of 140,000 shares consists of six different financial targets: (1) 21,000 shares will begin vesting once the Company achieves $2.5 billion in annualized revenue (3) 21,000 shares will begin vesting upon achievement of $725 million in annualized Adjusted EBITDA (5) 28,000 shares will begin vesting upon achievement of $2.50 of annualized Adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share and. Upon achievement of financial target (1), (3) and (5) the applicable shares will vest quarterly (in equal amounts) over a 2 year period, provided the performance metric is maintained for each quarterly vest.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(2) 21,000 shares will begin vesting upon achievement of $3 billion in annualized revenue (4) 21,000 shares will begin vesting upon achievement of $900 million in annualized Adjusted EBITDA (6) 28,000 shares will begin vesting upon achievement of $5.00 of annualized Adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share. Upon achievement of financial target (2), (4) and (6) the applicable shares will vest quarterly (in equal amounts) over a 1 year period, provided the performance metric is maintained for each quarterly vest.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">For any performance metrics not achieved by the end of 2021, those specific performance grant portions will expire and those shares are forfeited; time vesting after achieving performance metrics may extend beyond the end of 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Richard Calder</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-11-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
