Announcements

 

The Authority's mandate includes promoting and protecting the interests of consumers as well as improving consumer awareness. The Authority has published a price schedule entitled Stand-Alone Pay TV Services as at August 1, 2018.

The Authority continues to monitor price changes and will update price schedules intermittently.

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The Authority's mandate includes promoting and protecting the interests of consumers as well as improving consumer awareness. The Authority has published a price schedule entitled Bundled Packages as at August 1, 2018.

The Authority continues to monitor price changes and will update price schedules intermittently.

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Kaleidoscope 2018: Machine learning for a 5G future is the tenth in a series of peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU to bring together a wide range of views from universities, industry and research institutions.

The aim of the Kaleidoscope conferences is to identify emerging developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and, in particular, areas in need of international standards to aid the healthy development of the Information Society.

Date and Venue
26-28 November 2018, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Santa Fe, Argentina

Deadlines
Submission of full paper proposals: 25 June 2018
Notification of paper acceptance: 17 September 2018
Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 8 October 2018

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been organizing the Accessible Americas series since 2014. These events have originated a regional Brand of awareness on the ICT accessibility as an enabler for digital inclusive societies that ITU aims to keep, feed and ensure its continuity in the coming years in ITU actions and initiatives in the region.

The aim of these events is to raise awareness among governments in regards to the necessary measures to be taken in area of ICT accessibility that enable persons with disabilities (PwD) to have equal opportunities and better access to information and communication technologies for a more independent life. These events also provided a networking opportunity and knowledge platform to assist ITU Members and stakeholders in the process of elaborating and implementing national ICT accessibility policies and facilitate promotion of national and regional partnerships in benefit of ALL.

Date and Location
28-30 November 2018, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Submission deadline for the "Mobile Applications for Accessibility Competition is 19 August 2018.

Click the links below for more information:
Accessible Americas website
Invitation Letter
Agenda
ITU Regional Competition for Latin America and the Caribbean "Mobile Applications for Accessibility"
ITU-Samsung APP Competition website

 

 

Licences Granted during the period January 1st 2018 to March 31st 2018 

 

Pursuant to Section 36 (4) of the Telecommunications Act, the Authority hereby notifies that the following licences were granted during the period January 1st 2018 to March 31st 2018.

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As part of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago’s (the Authority) mandate to promote and protect the interests of consumers, the Authority has published a price schedule to improve consumer awareness. The Authority continues to monitor price changes and will update price schedules intermittently.
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As part of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago’s (the Authority) mandate to promote and protect the interests of consumers, the Authority has published a price schedule to improve consumer awareness. The Authority continues to monitor price changes and will update price schedules intermittently.
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Report on Consumer Complaints received by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) from October 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2017

During the period October 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2017, TATT received and acted upon a total of one hundred and seventy- five (175) complaints regarding mobile, fixed line, subscription television and Internet services. Of this figure, a total of one hundred and thirty-eight (138) complaints have been resolved.

The majority of the thirty-seven (37) open complaints were received near the end of December 2017 and are expected to be resolved within the coming weeks.

Overall, TATT had over six hundred and sixty-eight (668) interactions with customers during the reporting period.

The statistics below relate to the resolution of complaints as at March 7th, 2018.
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Licences Granted during the period October 1st 2017 to December 31st 2017

 

Pursuant to Section 36 (4) of the Telecommunications Act, the Authority hereby notifies that the following licences were granted during the period October 1st 2017 to December 31st 2017.

 

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The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago advises the public on the following status of “The Draft Revised Authorisation Framework for the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors of Trinidad and Tobago” (published 2014):

The new authorisation regime proposed within this document shall only come into effect
    following the promulgation of amendments made to the Telecommunications Act, Chap
    47:31.

Prior to this, the current authorisation regime, detailed in the Authorisation Framework
    for the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors of Trinidad and Tobago (published
    2005), shall remain in effect.

 

Licences Granted during the period July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017

 

Pursuant to Section 36 (4) of the Telecommunications Act, the Authority hereby notifies that the following licences have been granted during the period July 1st, 2017 to September 30th, 2017.

 

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Notice to Promoters of Concerts, Sporting Events, Carnival Shows, Fetes and Parade of Carnival Bands who use Spectrum to Broadcast

The Authority requires that you first obtain a Special Event License, issued by TATT before these events are transmitted or broadcasted.

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Consultation Schedule for October to December 2017

Pursuant to the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, and in accordance with Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sector of Trinidad and Tobago, the Authority hereby publishes the following document:

Consultation Schedule for the period October to December 2017

Stakeholders are guided to review this Schedule which shall be updated as the matters under consideration are addressed.

 

 

Consultation Schedule for July to September 2017

Pursuant to the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, and in accordance with Procedures for Consultations in the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sector of Trinidad and Tobago, the Authority hereby publishes the following document:

Consultation Schedule for the period July to September 2017

Stakeholders are guided to review this Schedule which shall be updated as the matters under consideration are addressed.

 

 

 

Pursuant to section 36(4) of the Telecommunications Act, the Authority hereby notifies that the following licences have been granted during the period January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017.

Licences Granted - January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017

 

Publishing of Interconnection Agreements

Pursuant to Regulation 18(2) of the Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations the Authority is required to publish the interconnection agreements of providers. This is in keeping with its role of establishing conditions for an open market for telecommunications services including conditions for fair competition. However, in light of Section 80 of the Telecommunications Act Chap. 47:31, the Authority has redacted information which has been identified by the providers as commercially sensitive and now publishes the following for public notice:

	2012 Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago   (TSTT) and Digicel (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited
	2012 Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago   (TSTT) and Massy Communications Limited (formerly Three Sixty Communications Limited)
	2012 Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago   (TSTT) and Open Telecom Limited
	2012 Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago   (TSTT) and Lisa Communications Limited
	2012 Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago    (TSTT) and FLOW (formerly Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited)
	2012 Supplemental Interconnection Agreement between Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and   Tobago (TSTT) and FLOW (formerly Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited)
	2013 Interconnection Agreement between Digicel (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited and FLOW (formerly   Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited)

Concessionaires who make requests in accordance with Regulation 18 (2)(b), will receive copies of the versions of the Agreements that excludes information deemed by the Authority to be commercially sensitive.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Residential Fixed Broadband Internet Prices (Not Bundles) in Trinidad and Tobago as at October 14, 2016

Pursuant to Section C4 b of the Concession Agreement held between the Authority and all Public Telecommunications Service providers "concessionaires", minimum tariff publication requirements include:

• a. Placing a copy in a publicly accessible part of the principal place of business in    Trinidad and Tobago of the concessionaire, and all other business places  of the concessionaire where business with the public is transacted;

• b. Making the tariffs available, and easily accessible, on any public website maintained by the concessionaire; and,

• c. Providing a copy to any person who requests it. The concessionaire may levy a charge of no more than the reasonable cost of printing and sending the copy to the person requesting.

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Source Info:
http://www.digicelgroup.com/tt/en/play/our-services/fibre-internet.html
http://www.gd.tt/broadband-internet/
http://www.blinkbroadband.tt/residential-packages
http://airlinktt.com/high-speed-internet/
https://discoverflow.co/trinidad/internet/broadband-rates-packages
http://www.massycommunications.com/
http://www.diversifiedtechltd.com/#!internetsolutions/c1x0u
http://rvrnetworks.com/residential%20internet.html

 

 

 

Application for change of control of Columbus Networks International (Trinidad) Limited and Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited through the acquisition of Columbus International Inc. (“Columbus Inc.”) by Cable & Wireless Communications plc (“CWC”)

 

The Authority makes this release further to its previous releases dated 12th March 2015 and 26th March 2015 and consequent upon the receipt of an application received from Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited (CCTL) trading as “Flow” and Columbus Networks International (Trinidad) Limited (CNITL) on November 26th and 27th, 2014 for approval of a change of control resulting from a proposed acquisition of its parent company Columbus International Inc. by Cable and Wireless plc (CWC).

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Licences Granted

Pursuant to section 36(4) of the Telecommunications Act Chap 47:31, the Authority hereby notifies that they have granted licences for the period January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

 

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The Authority wishes to advise the public that Mobile Number Portability has been delayed and would not be available on July 1, 2016 as previously published.

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Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was not commercially launched on March 31st, 2016

 

The Authority wishes to advise consumers that mobile to mobile number portability (MNP) was not commercially launched on
March 31st, 2016 as previously announced.

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Prices of Telecommunications Services,

and reduction in VAT, 2016

 

More Affordable Services!

 

The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to advise that all consumers of public telecommunications and broadcasting services should now be benefiting from decreases in the prices of these services, to the full extent of the reduction in Value Added Tax (VAT) which came into effect on 1^st February 2016.

 

Ensure you know whether the advertised price is

VAT Inclusive or VAT Exclusive!

 

All Operators have been directed by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago to publish VAT Inclusive Prices (at 12.5% VAT) on its website, information brochures and places of business so that consumers are better informed and can therefore make rational choices.

 

Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago

Website: www.tatt.org.tt

Complaints Hotline: 800 - 8288

Email: info@tatt.org.tt

 

 

 

Number Portability will soon be available to mobile and fixed line telephone customers in Trinidad and Tobago

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More Choice is Coming to Telephone Users in Trinidad and Tobago

 

The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago advises that on Tuesday 16th February, 2016, Telephone Service Providers will meet at the Authority's Head Office in Barataria to sign a contract with porting provider Porting XS of the Netherlands, that will make mobile number portability a reality in Trinidad and Tobago from March 31st, 2016.

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Licences Granted during the period October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015

 

Pursuant to Section 34 (4) of the Telecommunications Act 2001, the Authority hereby notifies that it has granted the following licences for the period October 1st, 2014 to September 30th, 2015.

 

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The Authority publishes the results of the 2014-2015 Radio-Frequency Radiation Test

 

Since its establishment in July 2004, the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has been actively engaged in
efforts to determine the strictest possible internationally acceptable limits for radio-frequency radiation from all radiotransmitting
equipment, including cell sites, in Trinidad and Tobago and ensure providers of telecommunications services abide by these strict limits.

To ensure all providers of mobile telephone services, who are operators of licenced radiotramsmitting equipment, abide by these strict standards, TATT engages in a continuous programme of measuring and recording radio-frequency radiation emissions from cellular towers throughout the country and the results are published in the newspapers.

The measurements recorded are for 150 cell sites and are between 91 and 42 500 times lower than the interim maximum permissible exposure limit set by TATT.

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Publication of VAT Inclusive Prices

 

The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to advise that the publication of prices for telecommunications goods and services are currently not standardized in respect of the publication of Value Added Tax (VAT).

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The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) wishes to advise that the following Regulations are now in force:

Legal Notice No.63 of 2015, The Telecommunications (Universal Service) Regulations 2015

Legal Notice No.64 of 2015, The Telecommunications (Accounting Separation) Regulations 2015

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 34 (4) of the Telecommunications Act 2001, the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago hereby has published the following document identifying licences granted for the period October 1st 2013 to September 30th 2014.

Licences Granted - October 1, 2013  to September 30, 2014

 

The Authority has published the following document:

List of Concessions Granted   - July 1, 2004 - September 30, 2014

 

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