Editing Telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago

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

==Radio and television==
{{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)"] {{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
** [[Amateur radio]]: 9Y4 and 9Z4
** [[Broadcasting|Broadcast]]: 9Y3
** Commercial land mobile: 9Y7
* [[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/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).
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 680,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|1|29}}
* [[Amateur radio operator]]s: ~400.{{citation needed |date=January 2014}}
* [[Television broadcasting|Television stations]]:
**  5 TV networks, one of which is state-owned, broadcast on multiple stations (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
**  3 TV stations (2006).
* [[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>[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==

'''[[Country calling code|Country Code]]: [[North American Numbering Plan|+1]]'''<br>
'''[[Area Code]]: [[Area code 868|868]]'''<br>
'''[[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.

[[North American Numbering Plan#Dialing procedures|'''Number Format''']]: nxx-xxxx
* Main lines:
** 287,000 lines in use, 119th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
** 209,000 lines in use (1995).
* Mobile cellular:
** 1.9 million lines, 147th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
** 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/>
* [[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/>
* 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>

==Internet==

* [[Top level domain]]: [[.tt]]<ref name=CIAWFB-TT-2014/>
* [[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 [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/>
* [[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 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] {{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): 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/>

===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://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/>

==See also==

* [[Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society]]
* [[List of newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Trinidad and Tobago]]

==References==

* {{CIA World Factbook}}
* {{US DOS |year=2012}}
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==External links==
* [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://www.submarinecablemap.com/country/trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad & Tobago], SubmarineCableMap.com

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