Above, from left: Robin Maharaj, Flow’s Director – Technical Operations; The Honourable Hassel Bacchus, Minister of Digital Transformation; The Honourable Farley Augustine, Chief Secretary, Tobago House of Assembly; The Honourable Ayanna Webster-Roy, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister – Gender and Child Affairs and Member of Parliament for Tobago East; Mr. Gilbert Peterson SC, Chairman, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT); Mrs. Cynthia Reddock Downes, Chief Executive Officer, TATT.

Parlatuvier, Bloody Bay and L’Anse Formi in Tobago are set to receive fibre internet service from local telecommunications services provider Flow, under the Universal Services Fund (USF), administered by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT).

Speaking at the Project’s Sensitization Launch on August 16 at the Parlatuvier Community/Multi-purpose Centre, Flow’s Director Technical Operations, Robindranath Maharaj shared the details of the roll out of the project.

“Our teams have been here, working on the ground to get your areas ready for connectivity. To date, we have hundreds of homes and businesses ready for connection. Our technical plans will see us deploying of over 45km of fibre,” said Maharaj.

Maharaj also spoke to further areas that can easily be provided with access in the near future, including Scarborough, areas along Northside Road and Castara.

While customers will be able to access competitively priced commercial packages, special packages will be offered to vulnerable groups through Flow’s CSR initiatives.

Maharaj also pointed out that “in addition to the connectivity, we envision expanding our partnerships with community organizations to provide local digital literacy training and other adoption support to bridge the digital divide for eligible families and communities. This will be achieved though the JUMP Programme, a CWC initiative, which aligns well with TATT, making for a strong partner in this.”