TSTT goes high speed...but

Emile Elias, chairman of TSTT, said the Board is contemplating taking legal action to ensure that TSTT and the people of Trinidad and Tobago gets the service they deserve.

Speaking at the 4GLTE launch at TSTT’s head office, Edward Street, Port-of-Spain, Elias claimed that three years ago, “elements” in the old board of TATT and National Enterprises Limited (NEL) were involved in what he considered a “conspiracy” to damage TSTT. “Whoever the cap fits, let them wear it. If they get me damn vex I might start naming names,” he said.

He lamented that the last Boards of TATT and NEL, did not believe that “the people of this country can run a telecommunications giant like TSTT.” “We need to get rid of that attitude and if necessary get rid of the people who still have that attitude. They conspired with certain foreign entities to damage TSTT to ensure we don’t get the kind of spectrum and support that we need. Today after on a year, of a new Board, we have the financing in place, the leadership in place, we have the plan in place and we are going to go forward,” Elias said.

TSTT Chairman Dr Ronald Walcott explained that the 700 megahertz spectrum is standard for LTE deployment because of its propagation characteristics.

“Which includes the ability to have the type of geographical coverage that we would want to ensure so we can provide this solution throughout the length and breadth of Trinidad and Tobago,” he said.

He also explained that 4G LTE allows the user to experience ultra fast broadband speeds on their mobile devices adding that TSTT would provide speeds that are as much as “ten times faster than anything you can get from anyone in TT.” Currently TSTT is in phase one of this deployment and in that phase, Walcott said they are sure to cover all of Portof- Spain, San Fernando and Scarborough. “We would like to get 85 percent population coverage over the next couple of months assuming that we can get the 700 megahertz spectrum that is required,” he said.