TSTT building 5G for new Phoenix Park industrial park

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Majority state-owned telecommunications provider, TSTT, is undertaking a “limited deployment” of 5G at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate in central Trinidad, but is not yet ready to roll out mobile 5G nationally, according to the local telecommunication provider’s chief executive, Lisa Agard.

In her first major interview since her acting appointment as CEO effective October 1, 2020, following the resignation of Ronald Walcot, Agard said the 5G deployment at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate is part of the 145-acre site’s development, which is being touted as one of China’s first Belt and Road initiatives in the Caribbean.

Asked wny is TSTT rolling out 5G at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate, Agard said: “That is something that is being funded by the Chinese government and that was the solution that was requested.”

Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of the industrial estate in June 2018. A framework agreement for the US$104.3 million concessional loan for the construction of the industrial park was signed in November 2019. The loan is being financed by China’s Export-Import Bank.

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... which is being touted as one of China’s first Belt and Road initiatives in the Caribbean.

Asked wny is TSTT rolling out 5G at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate, Agard said: “That is something that is being funded by the Chinese government and that was the solution that was requested.”

I shock they making no attempt to hide the chinese takeover...like I say, no need for US$ no more...better we start dealin directly in renminbi

Agard said, “When you look at out investment profile in capital expenditure, we have had to scale back on 5G. We have to totally monetise the mobile 4G LTE network and the 5G fixed wireless network and then we can think about mobile 5G.”

Agard said the decline in TSTT’s capital investment was by necessity, as significant sums of money were spent building the company’s infrastructure and networks.

Looks like TSTT broke for the time being...

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

I shock they making no attempt to hide the chinese takeover...like I say, no need for US$ no more...better we start dealin directly in renminbi.

It is almost 1:1 with the T&T dollar
The question is who wants to buy TTD

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I shock they making no attempt to hide the chinese takeover...like I say, no need for US$ no more...better we start dealin directly in renminbi.

It is almost 1:1 with the T&T dollar
The question is who wants to buy TTD

Instead of dollarization...better we do renminbization

[Lou Screuz]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/china-ai-surveillance/614197/

Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.

[pugboy]

so the ppl down there will be the first to get sick with the 5g radiation
its a good test bed for that

[Lou Screuz]

so the ppl down there will be the first to get sick with the 5g radiation
its a good test bed for that

covid will spike watch and see

[death365]

Hopefully it's band 77 78 or 79 most 5g phones support that.

[stev]

TSTT's '5G' is always something to take with a pinch of salt...especially when their sales staff telling consumers that their 5GHz WiFi is 5G.

[Fadakartel]

Glad to see them doing this, at least TNT has good infrastructure even tho its not locals who building it , wish the Eastern Caribbean nations would pickup and actually rollout proper mobile/fttx services.

A step in the right direction for cloud services esp for TSTT cloud services lol.