Documents for Public Comment

Headlines

May 15th 2008
World Telecommunications and Information Society Day will be celebrated by the Authority through a Seminar focusing on Information and Communications Technologies for the disabled.
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April 28th 2008
The Authority has issued a Request For Proposals for the re-design and re-organization of its website.
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April 08th 2008

The Authority hosted an International Seminar entitled "Balance on the airwaves: free speech and responsibility" on April 2nd and 3rd 2008.
Presentations from the Seminar

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.

Read the Decision

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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Calendar of Events

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Documents for Public Comment

18th April 2008

Refarming Plan for Broadband Wireless Access Services in the 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz Bands.

The Authority has prepared, and made available for public comment, a document titled Refarming Plan for Broadband Wireless Access Services in the 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz Bands.

The Plan was produced as a result of an investigation into the availability of spectrum for new spectrum users in the 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands for the provision of BWA services. In addition, the plan assesses the current uses of these bands by existing spectrum users with the intention of aligning the current uses to the goal and objectives of the Spectrum Plan.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on this document to the Authority, on or before Friday 9th May 2008, in accordance with the Authority’s Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications Sector of Trinidad and Tobago.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to this draft document:
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Completed forms can be submitted to the Authority via email to policy@tatt.org.tt

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4th March 2008

Draft Framework for the Authorisation of Amateur Radio Services

The Authority has prepared, and made available for public comment, a document titled Draft Framework for the Authorisation of Amateur Radio Services.

The Authority had received comments on the document from relevant stakeholder groups in a first round of consultation. These comments, as well as recommendations, have been taken into consideration in revising the document for a second round of consultation.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the revised document to the Authority, on or before Tuesday 1st April 2008, in accordance with the Authority’s Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications Sector of Trinidad and Tobago.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to this draft document:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

Completed forms can be submitted to the Authority via email to policy@tatt.org.tt

Available for download
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13th February 2008

Central Office Code Exhaust Analysis Methodology

The Authority has prepared and made available for a second round of consultation the document entitled “Proposed Central Office Code Exhaust Analysis Methodology”.

The Authority is seeking to finalize the above captioned document for the determination of the exhaust of Central Office codes used for the provision of fixed line and mobile services. The document has been revised in accordance with submissions made by the various stakeholders and interested parties during the first round of public consultation.
The Decision on Recommendations from the first consultation has been included as an Annex to the document.

The deadline for submission of comments for this second round of consultation is 27th February 2008.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to this draft document:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

You may attach the completed form for email submissions to the following:technical@tatt.org.tt

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October 31st 2007

The Authority has published the document Central office Codes Exhaust Analysis Methodology for public comment.
This document provides guidelines and procedures for the determination of the utilization of numbering resources and, in particular, the exhaust projection for the number allocations to the service categories defined in the National Numbering Plan developed for Trinidad & Tobago

Date: August 09th 2007

Modification to Proposed Costing Methodology for the Telecommunications Sector

Date: 24th July 2007

Proposed Costing Methodology for the Telecommunications Sector

Consistent with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act 2001, the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has prepared, and made available for a second round of consultation the following document:

Proposed Costing Methodology for the Telecommunications Sector

The Authority had received comments on this document from relevant stakeholder groups in the first consultation phase in December 2006. These comments, as well as recommendations, were taken into consideration in revising the document for a second consultation round.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the revised document to the Authority, on, or before Friday, August 24th, 2007 on the prescribed comment submission form.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to these draft documents:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

You may attach the completed form for email submissions to the following: policy@tatt.org.tt

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Date: 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 Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago invites comments to the captioned consultative document. This consultative 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.

The objectives of this migration plan are to:

Align TSTT with the radio spectrum allocated for cellular mobile services in accordance with the Spectrum Plan for the Accommodation of Public Mobile Telecommunications Services;
Establish the process that will enable TSTT to migrate from operating a network in the 1800 MHz band to operating a network in the 1900 MHz band, without undue impairment to its subscribers; and
Establish the appropriate licence terms and conditions to support a fair and transparent process.

The consultation process shall be for a period of eight (8) weeks and comprise two (2) rounds of consultation, each of which shall be for a duration of two (2) weeks.

The deadline for submission of comments for this first round of consultation is Wednesday 4th July 2007.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to this draft document:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

You may attach the completed form for email submissions to the following:technical@tatt.org.tt

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December 4th 2006
Consistent with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act 2001, the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago is inviting comments on the following documents:

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on these documents to the Authority, on or before Monday January 29th 2007, in accordance with the Authority’s
Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications Sector of Trinidad and Tobago.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to these draft documents:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

You may attach the completed form for email submissions to the following:policy@tatt.org.tt

October 9th 2006
Proposed Maximum Permissible Exposure Limits for Radiofrequency Radiation in Trinidad and Tobago

Comments are invited from the public on the Authority's “Proposed Maximum Permissible Exposure Limits for Radiofrequency Radiation in Trinidad and Tobago".

Interested parties are invited to submit comments on this document to the Authority, on or before Monday November 6th 2006, in accordance with the Authority’s Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications Sector of Trinidad and Tobago.

Submission of Comments:
Please use the following form to submit comments to this draft document:
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM in Microsoft® Word Format.

You may attach the completed form for email submissions to the following:policy@tatt.org.tt

Available for download

Click here to download the Document in Adobe PDF Format

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