TSTT and TATT battle!!!!!

The biggest news item to close off 2015 was TSTT successfully averting a licensing fiasco. TSTT and Digicel had concessions that expired on the 29th December 2015. The concessions that expired are:

Public International Telecommunications Services - Digicel & TSTT
Subscription Broadcasting Service (TV) - TSTT
Public Domestic Fixed Telecommunications Network - TSTT
Public Domestic Mobile Telecommunications Network - Digicel & TSTT


With TSTT holding on to > 50% market share in all markets (mobile?) except television a shutdown of these services would have dire consequences for T&T not just from a commercial standpoint but also from a national security standpoint as well. A simple check of TATT's (Local Telecoms Regulator) website reveals that apart from TSTT, concessions for Flow, Network Technologies Limited and Open Telecom expire today (4th January 2016)

Flow
Public International Telecommunications Services
Subscription Broadcasting Service (over a Public Domestic Fixed Telecom. Network only)
Public Domestic Fixed Telecommunications Network

Network Technologies Limited
Subscription Broadcasting Service (over a Public Domestic Fixed Telecom. Network only)
Public Domestic Fixed Telecommunications Network.

Open Telecom
Public International Telecommunications Service


So a few questions come to mind.

1) The concession document is a standard contract with adjustments made for each provider depending on the services offered and market being served (national, niche/community). The document also defines quality of service requirements (Schedule F - which will be discussed in a future post). So if clauses were amended/removed has this now placed TSTT at an advantage/disadvantage over other concessionaires?

2) Have other providers signed their renewals or are they still in negotiations? If negotiations are ongoing with the other providers why was TSTT forced to sign its renewal?

3) When will TATT give us its side of the story?

Finally, a concession is renewed by the line minister on the recommendation of TATT upon application by the concessionaire to TATT and secondly TATT also examines the concessionaire's previous compliance with the conditions of the concession to determine whether the concession should be renewed.