Ma­jor­i­ty State-owned telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion provider Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) has won its ap­peal over the fail­ure of the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TATT) to con­sult be­fore is­su­ing price caps for in­ter­con­nec­tion ser­vices be­tween ser­vice providers.

De­liv­er­ing a judg­ment last week, Ap­pel­late Judges Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar, Ge­of­frey Hen­der­son and Ricky Rahim par­tial­ly up­held an ap­peal from TSTT over the dis­missal of its case over the is­sue.

While the ap­peal pan­el found that TATT had the ju­ris­dic­tion to set the price caps based on in­ter­na­tion­al cost­ing bench­marks, it ruled that the TATT failed in its du­ty to con­sult with TSTT and oth­er ser­vice providers be­fore im­ple­ment­ing such.