46 October 2015 - Business View Caribbean
industries that drive the country’s economy, including
natural gas and energy-based manufacturing, tele-
communications, and the marketing and manufactur-
ing of food basics.)
Today, TSTT is only land-line phone service provider
on the island and operates under the auspices of the
Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago,
created by the government in 2002, to govern the
country’s telecommunications sector. All licenses and
concessions for telecommunications and broadcast
are managed and regulated by the Telecommunica-
tions Authority.
Ronald Walcott, TSTT’s Chief Executive Officer, de-
scribes his company’s offerings: “We provide a suite
of services and solutions including land line services,
internet services, mobile services, TV services, secu-
rity services, and ‘enterprise’ services.” (Enterprise
solutions include maintaining the operation of part or
all of a client’s communications infrastructure, such
as networks, mainframes, PBX systems, security, data
transportation and storage.) TSTT has 2,400 employ-
ees in more than fifteen island locations. Its custom-
ers include key industry leaders in the finance, energy,
government, manufacturing, education, healthcare,
and tourism sectors. It also serves all of the country’s
residential consumers.
TSTT deploys both wireless and fiber optic networks
to deliver voice, data, and multimedia capabilities.
Its leading-edge products are designed around its
IP-based core infrastructure and marketed under its
BLINK and Bmobile brands. In addition to fixed line
and mobile communications, the company has an
innovative line of Android-based devices; iPhones;
broadband access including best-in-class LTE and
HSPA+ 4G technologies; Metro Ethernet; TelePresence
TSTT Telepresence technology brought T&T sailor Andrew Lewis in London face to face with local journalists
