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| Industry | Wirelesstelecommunications |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Trinidad and Tobago |
Key people | Lisa Agard (CEO) |
| Products | Mobile telephony,Fixed Line,ISP,IPTV,Home Security |
Number of employees | 2,300 (TSTT employees)[1] |
| Parent | TSTT |
| Website | bmobile |
bmobile is a Mobile Phone, Home Security provider, and fixed wireless provider of Trinidad and Tobago, operating as a division ofTSTT.
TSTT has re-branded its mobile division to bmobile along with otherCable & Wireless companies in the Caribbean. Since then, almost all the other Caribbean mobile divisions have been re-branded toLIME and nowFLOW.
In 1991, they launched theirAMPS network. This network was decommissioned on September 8, 2006. In 2002, bmobile launched itsGSM network.
In 2007, they began launching data services (fixed wireless) on aCDMA2000EVDO network. This was later upgraded toWiMAX and then to LTE. The network operates on LTE band 41 (2.5 GHz)
On June 14, 2011, they began to sell theAppleiPhone 3GS andiPhone 4.
In March 2014, the company announced 3GUMTS offeringHSPA+ data services to all customers.[2]
Part of its 5-year strategy, bmobile refreshed its brand and announced a launch ofHD Voice over its3G network as well as improved speeds by upgrading its existingHSPA+ network to supportDC-HSPA+. Days later, on December 9, 2016, the company went live with itsLTE network which, at the time of launch, was only available inPort of Spain,San Fernando, and soon after, a few locations inTobago onLTE Band 2 (1900 MHz).[3] Service was launched on LTE Band 28 (700 MHz) in October 2020 alongside the introduction ofLTE-A.[4][5] The company began broadcasting on LTE Band 4 (1700 MHz) in late 2022 and later launched 3 carrier-aggregation and 4x4 MIMO. 256 QAM is also active on the network.Voice over LTE services (VoLTE) were launched on January 29, 2025.[6]
In order for bmobile to do an LTE rollout however, the company decommissioned its2GGSM 1900 MHz network.
bmobile's parent company also purchased Massy Communications, now branded as AMPLIA,[7] a move which saw the company increase its market share against the Caribbean-heavyweights,FLOW andDigicel. AMPLIA offers TV and fiber broadband services and also resells bmobile's landline and home security services.
bmobile operatesGSM,UMTS andLTE mobile networks and a Fixed Wireless LTE network in all ofTrinidad and Tobago. The company launched a limitedly available FWBNR network in December 2018.
The following is a list of known frequencies that bmobile employs in Trinidad and Tobago:
| Frequency range | Band number | Protocol | Class | Bandwidth (MHz) | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 850 MHz CLR | 5 | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | 2G | 2.5 | Active | Currently being retained for 2G customers |
| 1900 MHz PCS | 2 | UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ | 3G | 5 | Fallback for Calls and HSPA+ data | |
| 850 MHz CLR | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 1900 MHzPCS | 2 | LTE/LTE-A | 4G | 15 | Active / Being deployed | Re-farmed from Decommissioning GSM 1900 network across the country |
| 1700 MHzAWS | 4 | 15 | Used for additional capacity and for LTE-A | |||
| 700 MHzAPT | 28 | 10 | Used for indoor coverage and for LTE-A | |||
| 2500 MHz BRS | 41 | 20+20+10 | Fixed Wireless Broadband | |||
| n41 | NR | 5G | 50? | Fixed Wireless Broadband[8] |