Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says the state-owned Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), as well as the Irish-owned Digicel, were "commanded" to open their facilities so that the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA) could engage in the illegal wiretapping of citizens.
"Do you remember there was a time in Trinidad when people used to say use a Digicel phone, don't use a TSTT phone... they were right," she told reporters. (more)
UPDATE - The country’s top telecommunications companies have both distanced themselves from any involvement in the illegal wiretapping of their customers’ phones.
State-controlled Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) would not comment in detail about the wiretapping of phones belonging to Members of Parliament, private citizens and President George Maxwell Richards by the Strategic Intelligence Agency (SIA) but the company is willing to co-operate in any investigation into the matter. (more)
