What are the fees for the TSTT Short Message Service?
Some information in this section is based on a TSTT advertisment in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper (Sunday 9th November 2003 pg 61) At this time (May 2004): • There are NO activation fees. • There are NO charges/fees for receiving messages. • There are NO charges/fees for sending messages via Internet email to a cellphone. • There are NO charges/fees for receiving messages sent via Internet email to a cellphone. • There are NO charges/fees for sending messages via a public SMS gateway to a cellphone. • There are NO charges/fees for receiving messages sent from a public SMS gateway to a cellphone. • Sending messages from a “Connect” (post-paid TDMA) cellphone costs TT 35 cents (VAT inclusive) per message. • Sending messages from a “Liberty” (pre-paid TDMA) cellphone costs TT 50 cents (VAT inclusive) per message. • Sending messages from a “Mpower” (post-paid and pre-paid GSM) cellphone costs TT 35 cents (VAT inclusive) per message. Update: According to a news report (Sunday Guardian: 14