November 30th came and departed but still no interconnection between telecommunications giant, Digicel; and telecommunications miscreant, TSTT.

As it transpired, Digicel and Laqtel (the other cellular license awardee) had yet to receive their cellular concessions on the aforesaid date, giving TSTT (Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago) and their mouthpiece, Anil Roberts, another excuse for not meeting their commitments to inter-communicate.

Anil Roberts is a quite likeable media personality but it is somewhat disgusting that he, a spokesman for TSTT, can use his radio and television programmes to denigrate Digicel. It may also be unethical.
Roberts' reasoning lies with the alleged interference by Digicel in the selection of the West Indies team and its Captain, but that allegation is tenuous at best and merely acts as a launching pad for Roberts to do his masters' bidding.

The radio personality's claim that interconnection in other Caribbean islands was achieved in a minimum of six months and a maximum of nine months exists in a vacuum. If it is true, I am certain there are circumstances related and unrelated to the Trinidad model.
Roberts needs to quote his source and further enlighten us why the equipment -for inter-connection- was only ordered last fortnight?
Why Digicel's sponsorship of the West Indies team earns them no goodwill with the Trinidad public?
Why we should trust TSTT, a company who only discovered the meaning of customer service three months ago.
And why does he not disclose before every tirade that he is a paid agent of TSTT.

Mind you, I am not dismissing Roberts' argument, because the chap is an intelligent patriot, but I do wish he would offer a more balanced perspective and not engage in absolutes.

In my opinion, it would be naive to believe Digicel are angels in business, but I am willing to separate their sponsorship of West Indies cricket from their business practice in Trinidad and Tobago. I am adopting a wait and see attitude for all the players in the local cellular market.
Even TSTT, whom I admit have lost much of my support, should be given another look; but let's see what's on the table before we decide and as best we can, immunise ourselves from the influence of Anil Roberts and sensationalist marketing from all three telecommunications companies.

Those four parties are acting in their own interests, it is time we the citizens do the same.