March 14th 2008

The Authority has been advised that on Friday 14th March 2008, the Honourable Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Public Administration, exercised his powers pursuant to sections 30 and 39 of the Telecommunications Act 2001, to terminate concessions and licences granted to Laqtel Limited.
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March 08th 2008
News Release

The Dispute Resolution Panel appointed to resolve the dispute in relation to final interconnection rates between Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Digicel) and Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) delivered its final decision yesterday, 7th March 2008.

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February 21st 2008
Notice

The Authority wishes to announce that the deadline for comments on the "Proposed Central office Codes Exhaust Analysis Methodology" has been extended to March 7th 2008 at 4.00 p.m.

January 11th 2008
Recommendations have been made to the Minister of Public Administration for two additional Concessions for the provision of Free to Air Television Broadcasting services
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October 29th 2007
The Authority has published Radio Frequency Radiation measurements taken from cell towers throughout the country.
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October 22nd 2007
The Authority has issued a Press Statement on the Auction of Radio Spectrum to provide Public Broadband Wireless Services (BWA). more

October 16th 2007
The Authority wishes to advise that modifications have been made to the following documents:

• Eligibity and Evaluation Criteria for Concessions
  

• Concession Application Form

October 1st 2007
The Authority has laid charges against Laqtel Ltd. for failure to post a Peformance Bond. more

The Authority has issued a Request For Proposals to Provide Free To Air Television Broadcasting Services. more

August 9th 2007

NOTICE

We wish to advise that a modification has been made to the Consultative Document: " Proposed Costing Methodology". more

COMMENTS INVITED ON PROPOSED COSTING METHODOLOGY FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR .
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July 16th 2007
A new version of the paper "Position and Procedures in respect of Non-Objections for Applications to Town and Country Planning Division for Site Approval of Telecommunications Structures" has been published.
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20th June 2007
Migration Plan: 1800 MHz Band to 1900 MHz Band Allocated to Cellular Mobile Services for the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)

The Authority invites comments to the captioned consultative document. This document seeks to establish the process by which TSTT shall migrate its public domestic mobile telecommunications network from the 1800 MHz band to the 1900 MHz band allocated for cellular mobile services.

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June 15th 2007
Applications for the provision of public Internet services using wired facilities are invited.
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May 24th 2007
A revised version of the document 'Eligibility and availability criteria for Concessions' has been published. There have been changes to the Status of the Application Process for the various types of concessions.
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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day,
May 17th 2007.

Greetings from the Chairman
Greetings from the Executive Director (ag.)

Expressions of Interest are hereby invited from parties interested in providing ‘FREE TO AIR’ TELEVISION BROADCASTING SERVICES.
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Notice of Central Office Codes assigned to the various providers of mobile and fixed line telephone services in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Approved Budget for 2006/2007
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July 18, 2005

The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has written the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) regarding failures in the public GSM mobile telecommunications network during the week commencing July 10 th, 2005. The letter, addressed to Mr. Carlos Espinal, TSTT’s Chief Executive Officer, reads:

Dear Mr. Espinal,

Failure of TSTT’s Public GSM Mobile Telecommunications Network during the week commencing 10 July, 2005

We refer to the TSTT public GSM mobile telecommunications network. The Authority is concerned to note that the network was subject to persistent failures during the week commencing on 10 July, 2005, resulting in unsatisfactory mobile telecommunications services during that period.

These failures constitute the second occasion in less than two months that the TSTT network has failed for an extended period of time. In this regard the Authority refers to its letter of 2 June, 2005, which related to the failure of the network between 31 May and 1 June, 2005. In response to that letter TSTT assured the Authority by letter dated 8 June, 2005 that it was “… very concerned that there is no repetition of the service interruption and so we have postponed another switch upgrade to ensure that all network improvements and ‘quality assurance’ of the process is certified by C&W in order to achieve the badly needed upgrade to meet capacity requirements, without major service degradation to our customers.” It is the view of the Authority that a major service interruption within such a short timeframe following such a commitment is unacceptable.

To date, TSTT has failed in respect of either the service interruption of 1 June, 2005 or the interruptions the subject of this letter, to:

• provide a satisfactory explanation to the public or the Authority;
• provide a clear commitment and institute measures to avoid the recurrence of such interruptions; or,
• provide adequate compensation to affected users.

Pursuant to Section 18(1)(m) of the Telecommunications Act, 2001 the Authority now requests that TSTT submit within 7 working days of the date hereof a complete report containing, as a minimum, the following:

• A detailed explanation for the network failures during the week of the 10 to 17 July, 2005.
• Details of the measures which TSTT has taken or proposes to take in order to prevent such occurrences in the future.
• Proposals by TSTT to provide adequate compensation to its customers for the network failures of 31 May to 1 June, 2005, and during the week of 10 to 17 July, 2005, and an outline of TSTT’s policies for compensation for any future service interruptions.
• Clear procedures for prior notification of the public of all planned service interruptions, and timely notification of any unplanned service interruptions.

We look forward to receiving your reply.

Yours Sincerely,

John Prince

Executive Director