Trinidad and Tobago

bmobile (TSTT)
bMobile is the mobile division of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) and was once a monopoly. It is jointly owned by the Cable and Wireless and the Trinidad and Tobago Government. They are the most established provider but their coverage is slightly less than their competitor, digicel.

Prepaid voice
All incoming calls are free (calling party pays).

Calling some destinations overseas during the day is actually cheaper than a local call.

Day: 7AM to 6PM

Night: 6PM to 7AM

Weekend: Friday 6PM to Monday 7AM

SIM card availability and locations
SIM cards are available from the bmobile store at Piarco airport just past the duty free shops. They are also available at some malls such as Trincity mall, Gulf City, West Mall and at TSTT offices in Port of Spain, San Fernando, Scarborough and other areas.

You may or may not need to show your passport.

Devices
SIM cards are available for nearly all devices. No blacklists or whitelists exist. Standard SIM, micro SIM and nano SIM are available.

APN settings:
 * NAME: PREPAID DATA
 * APN: bconnected
 * PORT: 8080
 * SERVER: http://www.google.com

Frequency bands
bmobile calls their service "4G" but in reality it is HSPA+. They are rolling out LTE in some areas.

The GSM network operates on 1800MHz.

Top up

Credit cards are accepted on the website and one can also purchase top up cards at local stores and shops. They usually have a sign outside.

Digicel
Digicel is the first and only competitor to bmobile/TSTT. They tout themselves as "the bigger, better network" and have aggressively built out coverage, surpassing bmobile/TSTT.

Prepaid data
"Unlimited" data is available for $199 but only for postpaid plans and is subject to 1GB per month fair usage restriction.

They do offer a prepaid TT$70 (includes VAT) plan called the "big Kahuna" plan that gives unlimited 2G data and 500MB 4G data. It also includes unlimited international and on-network SMS (off-network is charged at standard rates) and $0.58/min local calls and calls to 50 international destinations including US, Canada, UK, China. Dial USSD Code *323# to purchase the plan.

There is also a 7 day unlimited social media plan for $90.85 (VAT inclusive) which has 1GB data and unlimited data to use on social media (facebook, twitter, etc). Dial *404# for most phones, #405* for Blackberry.

There are often promotions for prepaid and postpaid that can give you extra topup credit, extra minutes, data, sms etc.

SIM card availability and locations

SIM cards are available from the digicel kiosk at Piarco airport just past the duty free shops. They are also available at malls and stores throughout the country.

You may or may not need to show your passport.

Devices

SIM cards are available for nearly all devices. No blacklists or whitelists exist. Standard SIM, micro SIM and nano SIM are available.

APN setting: web.digiceltt.com

Frequency bands

Digicel operates on 850/1900MHz.