The Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TATT) and the Unit­ed States Fed­er­al Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Com­mis­sion (FCC) have signed a mem­o­ran­dum of un­der­stand­ing (MoU) aimed at strength­en­ing co­op­er­a­tion on telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions pol­i­cy and reg­u­la­tion.

The agree­ment was signed on June 18, 2026, and is in­tend­ed to strength­en the re­la­tion­ship be­tween the two reg­u­la­tors and in­crease en­gage­ment on reg­u­la­to­ry pol­i­cy.

Ac­cord­ing to TATT, the MoU es­tab­lish­es a non-bind­ing frame­work for the ex­change of ideas and in­for­ma­tion on telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions reg­u­la­to­ry pol­i­cy. The ini­tia­tive recog­nis­es the role both or­gan­i­sa­tions play in pro­mot­ing telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions de­vel­op­ment, com­pet­i­tive mar­kets, tech­no­log­i­cal in­no­va­tion and ef­forts to bridge the dig­i­tal di­vide in their re­spec­tive coun­tries.