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'''Telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago''' include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
'''Telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago''' include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.


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{{See also |Radio in Trinidad and Tobago |Television in Trinidad and Tobago}}
{{See also |Radio in Trinidad and Tobago |Television in Trinidad and Tobago}}


* [[ITU prefix|ITU call sign prefix]]:<ref>[http://www.itu.int/online/mms/glad/cga_callsign.sh?lng=E "Table of International Call Sign Series (Appendix 42 to the RR)"], International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref>
* [[ITU prefix|ITU call sign prefix]]:<ref>[http://www.itu.int/online/mms/glad/cga_callsign.sh?lng=E "Table of International Call Sign Series (Appendix 42 to the RR)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801220014/http://www.itu.int/online/mms/glad/cga_callsign.sh?lng=E |date=2015-08-01 }}, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref>
** National: 9Y and 9Z
** National: 9Y and 9Z
** [[Amateur radio]]: 9Y4 and 9Z4
** [[Amateur radio]]: 9Y4 and 9Z4
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** Commercial land mobile: 9Y7
** Commercial land mobile: 9Y7
* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]:
* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]:
** 5 radio networks, one state-owned, broadcast over about 35 stations (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html "Communications: Trinidad and Tobago"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref>
** 5 radio networks, one state-owned, broadcast over about 35 stations (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/trinidad-and-tobago/ "Communications: Trinidad and Tobago"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref>
** 1 medium wave AM, 35 VHF FM, and no shortwave stations (2006).
** 1 medium wave AM, 35 VHF FM, and no shortwave stations (2006).
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 680,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|29}}
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 680,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|29}}
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* [[Television set]]s: 425,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|29}}
* [[Television set]]s: 425,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|29}}


[[BBC World Service]] radio is available on 98.7 FM.<ref name=BBCNews-TT-Media>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20073045 "Trinidad and Tobago profile"], ''BBC News'', 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.</ref>
[[BBC World Service]] radio is available on 98.7 FM.<ref name=BBCNews-TT-Media>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20073045 "Trinidad and Tobago profile"], ''BBC News'', 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.</ref>


==Telephones==
==Telephones==


'''[[Country calling code|Country Code]]: [[Area code 868|+1868]]'''<br>
'''[[Country calling code|Country Code]]: [[North American Numbering Plan|+1]]'''<br>
'''[[Area Code]]: [[Area code 868|868]]'''<br>
'''[[International Call Prefix]]: 011''' (outside NANP)
'''[[International Call Prefix]]: 011''' (outside NANP)


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** 1.5 million lines (2007).
** 1.5 million lines (2007).
* Telephone system: excellent international service, [[tropospheric scatter]] to [[Barbados]] and [[Guyana]]; good local service; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 170 telephones per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* Telephone system: excellent international service, [[tropospheric scatter]] to [[Barbados]] and [[Guyana]]; good local service; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 170 telephones per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: five systems, [[AMERICAS-II]], [[ECFS (cable system)|Eastern Caribbean Fibre System]] (ECFS), Global Caribbean Network (GCN), Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS), and Trindad-Curaçao,<ref>[http://www.cablemap.info/ "Greg's Cable Map"], Greg Mahlknecht, 19 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref> provide connectivity to the U.S., parts of the Caribbean and South America (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: five systems, [[AMERICAS-II]], [[ECFS (cable system)|Eastern Caribbean Fibre System]] (ECFS), Global Caribbean Network (GCN), Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS), and Trinidad-Curaçao,<ref>[http://www.cablemap.info/ "Greg's Cable Map"], Greg Mahlknecht, 19 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.</ref> provide connectivity to the U.S., parts of the Caribbean and South America (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: One [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: One [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* Landline Provider: [[Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago]] (TSTT).{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}, [[Digicel Play]] and [[Cable & Wireless Communications]] , Branded as [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]]
* Landline Provider: [[Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago]] (TSTT).,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tatt.org.tt/Telecommunications/ServiceProviders.aspx|title=Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago|website=tatt.org.tt|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> [[Digicel Play]], [[Cable & Wireless Communications]] (branded as [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]]), Amplia and RVR Technologies Ltd.
* Mobile Providers: [[Digicel]] and [[bmobile]] (TSTT). Cable & Wireless Communications has been shortlisted by TATT to receive an [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] License.<ref name="CWSTATT">[http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2016-07-15/4g-licences-coming-september-tatt-chair/ 4G licenses coming by September: TATT Chair], 4G licenses coming by September: TATT Chair, [[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]. Retrieved on 01 July 2018.</ref>
* Mobile Providers: [[Digicel]] and [[Bmobile TT]] (TSTT).{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}


==Internet==
==Internet==
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* [[Top level domain]]: [[.tt]]<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[Top level domain]]: [[.tt]]<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]:
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]:
** 846,000 users, 137th in the world; 69.2% of the population (July 2016 est.).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204.html#TD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109013307/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204.html#TD|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2019|title=Field Listing :: Internet users — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>
** 729,897 users, 123rd in the world; 59.5% of the population, 66th in the world (2012);<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"], Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
**729,897 users, 123rd in the world; 59.5% of the population, 66th in the world (2012).<ref name="NIUCalc">Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name="ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet">[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
** 593,000 users, 115th in the world (2009).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
** 593,000 users, 115th in the world (2009).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 166,948 subscriptions, 86th in the world; 13.6% of population, 65th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 166,948 subscriptions, 86th in the world; 13.6% of population, 65th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 18,028 subscriptions, 132nd in the world; 1.5% of the population, 131st in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 18,028 subscriptions, 132nd in the world; 1.5% of the population, 131st in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 241,690 users, 69th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 241,690 users, 69th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[IPv4]]: 470,016 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 383.3 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats], Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
* [[IPv4]]: 470,016 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 383.3 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
* [[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs): 5 (1999).{{update after|2014|1|29}}
* [[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs): 10 (2018).<ref name="TATT SP">[https://tatt.org.tt/Telecommunications/ServiceProviders.aspx "Service Providers "], Service Providers, TATT. Retrieved on 01 July 2018.</ref>


Facebook is the most popular social media platform.<ref name=BBCNews-TT-Media/>
Facebook is the most popular social media platform.<ref name=BBCNews-TT-Media/>
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===Internet censorship and surveillance===
===Internet censorship and surveillance===


There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-TT-2012>[https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204482 "Trinidad and Tobago"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 21 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.</ref>
There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-TT-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204482 "Trinidad and Tobago"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 21 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.</ref>


The constitution and the law provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and press. The law prohibits [[hate speech|acts that would offend or insult another person or group on the basis of race, origin, or religion or that would incite racial or religious hatred]]. The constitution and the law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-TT-2012/>
The constitution and the law provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and press. The law prohibits [[hate speech|acts that would offend or insult another person or group on the basis of race, origin, or religion or that would incite racial or religious hatred]]. The constitution and the law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-TT-2012/>
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* [https://www.nic.tt/ TTNIC], the Trinidad and Tobago Network Information Centre.
* [https://www.nic.tt/ TTNIC], the Trinidad and Tobago Network Information Centre.
* [https://tatt.org.tt/ Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago] (TATT), the independent regulatory body responsible for the telecommunications sector.
* [https://tatt.org.tt/ Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago] (TATT), the independent regulatory body responsible for the telecommunications sector.
* [https://www.submarinecablemap.com/country/trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad & Tobago], SubmarineCableMap.com


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[[Category:Communications in Trinidad and Tobago| ]]
[[Category:Media in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Mass media in Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Telecommunications by country|Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Telecommunications by country|Trinidad and Tobago]]
[[Category:Internet by country|Trinidad and Tobago]]
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[[Category:Telecommunications in the Caribbean|Trinidad]]
[[Category:Telecommunications in the Caribbean by country|Trinidad]]

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Telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

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See also: Radio in Trinidad and Tobago and Television in Trinidad and Tobago

BBC World Service radio is available on 98.7 FM.[3]

Telephones

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Country Code: +1
Area Code: 868
International Call Prefix: 011 (outside NANP)

Calls from Trinidad and Tobago to the US, Canada, and other NANP Caribbean nations, are dialed as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from Trinidad and Tobago to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code.

Number Format: nxx-xxxx

Internet

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Facebook is the most popular social media platform.[3]

Internet censorship and surveillance

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There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors e-mail or Internet chat rooms without judicial oversight.[15]

The constitution and the law provide for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and press. The law prohibits acts that would offend or insult another person or group on the basis of race, origin, or religion or that would incite racial or religious hatred. The constitution and the law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.[15]

See also

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References

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State.
  1. ^ "Table of International Call Sign Series (Appendix 42 to the RR)" Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Communications: Trinidad and Tobago", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Trinidad and Tobago profile", BBC News, 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Greg's Cable Map", Greg Mahlknecht, 19 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago". tatt.org.tt. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  6. ^ 4G licenses coming by September: TATT Chair, 4G licenses coming by September: TATT Chair, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved on 01 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Field Listing :: Internet users — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  8. ^ a b Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013
  9. ^ "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
  10. ^ "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  12. ^ Select Formats Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
  13. ^ Population, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.
  14. ^ "Service Providers ", Service Providers, TATT. Retrieved on 01 July 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Trinidad and Tobago", Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 21 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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