The Trinidad and Tobago Telephone Company

Telecommunications Services

Using the Framework

West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

http://www.tstt.net.tt/

Two companies were merged to form Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) in 1991 - namely The Trinidad and Tobago Telephone Company (TELCO) and Trinidad and Tobago External Telecommunications Company Limited (TEXTEL TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY LIMITED (TELCO). The Company's employee headcount consisted of 2,300 employees (including contractors). There were approximately 160,000 customers in four major operating districts. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO EXTERNAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED (TEXTEL): The Company acquired the assets of Cable and Wireless in Trinidad and Tobago and assumed responsibility for external telecommunications, commencing 1st January 1970. As the legally constituted body charged with the responsibility for telecommunication links between the country and the rest of the world, TEXTEL provided the transmission, switching and signaling facilities to interconnect with the international facilities of all other countries.