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As Trinidad and Tobago transitions out of its lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic on a phased basis, it is clear that that the old rules by which we lived and worked are going to change, probably for good.
TSTT’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ronald Walcott, noted during a recent Canto Conversations episode titled “A CEO’s perspective during COVID- 19”, our work lives are going to be defined more and more by physical distancing and remote working, using technology. Social distancing is here to stay, even if it is applied less aggressively than at the height of the lockdown. According to TSTT’s CEO, tech companies like the one he heads need to accelerate technological transformation to help societies to deal with the new demands of the age.
“Digital transformation in and of itself allows for physical distancing; it allows for ease of processes; it allows for remote work”, Dr. Walcott said. “What COVID has done is make this process imperative for us to move forward”.
CANTO Secretary General, Teresa Wankin, agrees. “I see a lot of change because of COVID”, Ms. Wankin says. “Every single business, no matter how large, no matter how small, will have a digitalization agenda, post COVID”.

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During these turbulent times, TSTT, headed by CEO, Dr. Ronald Walcott, has been ensuring that keeping the local health community connected is a top priority for the organisation. According to Dr. Walcott, “Virtual conferencing solutions like TSTT’s telepresence has become critical to the development of a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 crisis and its implications…” The video-conferencing technology, provided by Huawei, enabled conference attendees to connect with each other, creating and sustaining a bilateral discussion revolving around evidence based practice, academic research and experience related to the current pandemic. His Excellency, Song Yumin, Ambassador of China to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, expressed his gratitude to TSTT for facilitating the meeting.

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This was the general sentiment conveyed by a team of experts at the fourth annual Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF), hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG). The Forum, themed, ‘The Internet and You: Ensuring the Internet’s Future’ took place recently at Naparima College, San Fernando.

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In line with TSTT’s vision to become the standard bearer in Trinidad and Tobago for leading edge communications solutions and services that will enrich the lives of citizens, businesses and visitors, bmobile has provided free WiFi on the Logos Hope. The sponsorship by bmobile has allowed the Logos staff and visitors to freely use the internet for work and to share their experiences with their friends and family while onboard the floating book fair.

Newsday

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Stephon Nicholas

THE latest batch of inductees in the TT Cricket Board/Bmobile Cricket Academy was recently gifted with what has been described as "the most impactful and life-transforming concept" which has proven to key to the success for many around the world. The words of wisdom were given by Amanda Reifer, head of the Cave Hill Academy of Sport in the newly established Faculty of Sport in Barbados. A holder of a BSc and MSc Degrees in Management Studies, Reifer was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the annual cricket academy on Saturday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy at Tarouba.

Daily Express

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Leah Sorias

AROUND this time last year the future of majority state-owned telecoms provider, TSTT hung in a balance. According TSTT chief executive, Dr Ronald Walcott, the company was heading into financial ruin because of the way it was structured. It was practically a loss-making entity. Profit was down by $479 million for the six months ended September 2018, the annual wage bill stood at $768 million or around 30 per cent of revenue, TSTT’s debt burden was $1.8 billion and it had an annual operating loss of $32.5 million.

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Celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in April, the 2019 edition carried the theme ‘Tech Savvy Girls – Expanding Horizons, Changing Attitudes’. Girls in ICT Day is primarily driven to reduce the persistent gender gap and increase the representation of women in the tech industry.
According to TATT’s Deputy Chairman, Dr. Kim Mallalieu, a tech-savvy girl is not just one who is interested in tech and who possesses skills and qualifications for a job in the tech-driven world of work. She is also one who can use technical knowledge innovatively and can use existing technologies more productively.

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A COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund was formed by UWTT to provide support to persons and local communities most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. bmobile has sponsored the free use of its text-to-donate service to facilitate the UWTT's fund-raising efforts. The Company was also the first corporate citizen to contribute to the fund with a donation of $20,000 to kick start the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Members of the public can contribute to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund by texting the word GIVE to HELP (4357) from their bmobile phones. Each text will donate $5.00.

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At the height of the carnival festivities, PTSC and the Ministry of Works and Transport gave the people of Trinidad and Tobago yet another reason to celebrate and many more opportunities to connect. This is according to Ian Galt, TSTT’s General Manager Enterprise Services, who spoke at the launch of PTSC’s free WiFi initiative and the commissioning of 25 new buses to add to their fleet.

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TSTT wishes to advise that we are not conducting an online customer reward programme that involves completing a survey to win a mobile device. We are also not affiliated with any promotion that selects winners based on their IP addresses.

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Plymouth-born Karyn Forbes is on a mission to develop and promote football in Tobago.

Forbes, a prolific player and current Captain of the Senior Women’s National Football Team, hosted the sixth instalment of “Kick it with Karyn”; a highly anticipated 7-a-side football tournament at the Plymouth Recreational Grounds, Tobago recently.

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EIGHTEEN of TT’s most promising young cricketers received their certificates of graduation following 12 intensive weeks of training, at the 2019 bmobile/TT Cricket Board (TTCB) Youth Academy, which concluded at the National Cricket Centre, Couva, on Saturday. In a press release issued by the TTCB, these young men have been preparing tirelessly to not only become better cricketers, but also to instil in themselves the rudiments of sound moral and ethical character, patriotism and discipline.

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Mark Lyndersay

TSTT’S bmobile brand launched a new, free WiFi network at the Queen’s Park Savannah this evening. The company ran 25 kilometres of fiber and installed 58 wireless access points to build the wireless mesh, which was implemented in partnership with Huawei.

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A kaleidoscope of colour blanketed the Queen’s Park Savannah on Glorious Saturday as scores of aeronautic enthusiasts displayed their skills and creativity at the Radio 90.5FM 20th Annual Easter Kite Flying Competition.
Approximately 175 contestants vied for top honours in eight categories at this year’s golden celebration. Kites of varying shapes, sizes, colours and designs drifted across the cloudless sky as pilots tactically navigated along the Savannah grass.

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Over 20,000 students, who will be writing the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics examinations across Trinidad and Tobago, will be provided with free online mathematics revision through a partnership between bmobile and local NGO, Restore A Sense of I Can (RSC). The bmobile and RSC collaboration offers cost-free, zero-data access to the website, as well the hosting of the platform, server, videos and software.

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Hillview Spartans’ Giovanni Rivas and St. Augustine Girls High School’s, Madara Edwards, were presented with the Top Male and Female Performer awards respectively courtesy 2020 National Secondary Schools Swim Meet main sponsors, bmobile.

Both athletes competed in the boys and girls Under-12 category and topped their divisions by splashing to three gold and one silver medal performance, each, at the annual one-day meet.

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Dr. LaVern Anastacia Scott is still celebrating Christmas - in January.
She is the grand prize winner of bmobile’s ‘My Kinda Christmas’ promotion and the owner of a brand new Hyundai Ioniq vehicle. Scott, who received the keys to her car on January 29, at a prize giving event, held at Massy Motors, Morvant, couldn’t contain her excitement.

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Communication solutions provider, bmobile, has partnered with the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) and the Ministry of Education to administer the Coding Fundamentals for Secondary Schools Programme.

Newsday

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Julien Neaves

FREE public Wi-Fi and solar power for the Grandstand, Queen's Park Savannah are two of the elements to help turn Port of Spain into a "smart city," said Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte. He was speaking on Thursday night at the launch of TSTT's free public Wi-Fi at Queen's Park Savannah West.

Sunday Guardian

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Kyron Regis

Af­ter send­ing home over 500 em­ploy­ees last year in a re­struc­tur­ing ex­er­cise, TSTT has re­turned to growth and it’s CEO Dr Ronald Wal­cott says the com­pa­ny is prof­itable once again. ​ In an in­ter­view with the Sun­day Busi­ness Guardian, Wal­cott said the com­pa­ny has made a sig­nif­i­cant turn­around. “We are a year on from where we’ve made some fun­da­men­tal trans­for­ma­tion ini­tia­tives. As of Oc­to­ber, the com­pa­ny’s op­er­at­ing prof­it is in ex­cess of $160 mil­lion. So we’ve made a sig­nif­i­cant turn­around in the or­gan­i­sa­tion,” Wal­cott said.