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{{Short description|Internet provider in Trinidad and Tobago}}
{{for|the [[Brunei]] mobile service provider|b•mobile}}
{{lowercase|title=bmobile}}
{{Infobox company
| name = bmobile
| logo = Bmobile.png
| type = 
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| foundation = 1991
| founder = 
| defunct = 
| location_city = [[Port-of-Spain]]
| location_country = [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| locations = 
| area_served = [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| industry = [[Wireless]] [[telecommunication]]s
| products = [[Mobile telephony]], [[Fixed Line]], [[ISP]], [[IPTV]], [[Home Security]]
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| key_people = Lisa Agard (CEO)
| num_employees = 2,300 (TSTT employees)<ref>http://tstt.co.tt/index.cfm?p=http://tstt.co.tt/about/history.cfm{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| parent = [[TSTT]]
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|bmobile.co.tt}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''bmobile''' is a Mobile Phone, Home Security provider, and fixed wireless provider of Trinidad and Tobago, operating as a division of [[TSTT]].

==History==
TSTT has re-branded its mobile division to bmobile along with other [[Cable & Wireless Communications|Cable & Wireless]] companies in the Caribbean. Since then, almost all the other Caribbean mobile divisions have been re-branded to [[LIME (Cable & Wireless)|LIME]] and now [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]].

In 1991, they launched their [[Advanced Mobile Phone System|AMPS]] network. This network was decommissioned on September 8, 2006. In 2002, bmobile launched its [[GSM]] network.

In 2007, they began launching data services (fixed wireless) on a [[CDMA2000]] [[EVDO]] network. This was later upgraded to [[WiMAX]] and then to LTE. The network operates on LTE band 41 (2.5 GHz)

On June 14, 2011, they began to sell the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[iPhone 3GS]] and [[iPhone 4]].

In March 2014, the company announced 3G [[UMTS]] offering [[HSPA+]] data services to all customers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/11/14/this-is-not-just-any-4g-this-is-tstt-4g/ |title=This is not just any '4G', this is TSTT '4G' |publisher=TeleGeography |date=2012-11-14 |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>

Part of its 5-year strategy, bmobile refreshed its brand and announced a launch of [[HD Voice]] over its [[3G network]] as well as improved speeds by upgrading its existing [[HSPA+]] network to support [[DC-HSPA+]]. Days later, on December 9, 2016, the company went live with its [[LTE network]] which, at the time of launch, was only available in [[Port of Spain]], [[San Fernando, Trinidad|San Fernando]], and soon after, a few locations in [[Tobago]]  on  [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] Band 2 (1900&nbsp;MHz).<ref name="TSTT 1900MHz TT">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2016/12/12/tstt-launches-lte-in-1900mhz-band/ |title=TSTT launches LTE in 1900&nbsp;MHz band |publisher=TeleGeography |date=2016-12-12 |access-date=2016-12-12}}</ref> Service was launched on LTE Band 28 (700&nbsp;MHz) in October 2020 alongside the introduction of [[LTE-A]].<ref name="bmobile 700MHz TT">{{cite web |url=https://bmobile.co.tt/covid-response/message-from-tstt/ |title=Message from TSTT |publisher=bmobile  |access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TSTT CEO shares insight on broadband expansion to internet security |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2021/07/08/tstt-ceo-shares-insight-on-broadband-expansion-to-internet-security/ |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=2021-07-08}}</ref> The company began broadcasting on LTE Band 4 (1700 MHz) in late 2022 and later launched 3 carrier-aggregation and 4x4 MIMO. 256 QAM is also active on the network. [[Voice over LTE]] services (VoLTE) were launched on January 29, 2025.<ref name="bmobile VoLTE TT">{{cite web |url=https://www.tstt.co.tt/news/bmobile-launches-volte-in-t%26t |title=bmobile Launches VoLTE in T&T |date=29 January 2025 |publisher=Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago  |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref>

In order for bmobile to do an LTE rollout however, the company decommissioned its [[2G]] [[GSM]] 1900&nbsp;MHz network.

bmobile's parent company also purchased Massy Communications, now branded as AMPLIA,<ref name="Amplia">{{cite web |title=TSTT renames Massy as AMPLIA Communications with bmobile branding |url=https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2017/12/05/tstt-renames-massy-as-amplia-communications-with-bmobile-branding/ |website=TeleGeography |access-date=10 August 2021 |date=5 December 2017}}</ref> a move which saw the company increase its market share against the Caribbean-heavyweights, [[Flow (brand)|FLOW]] and [[Digicel]]. AMPLIA offers TV and fiber broadband services and also resells bmobile's landline and home security services.

[[File:Logo of Bmobile TT.gif|thumb|250px|''b''mobile Logo until December 2016]]

==Radio frequency summary==
bmobile operates [[GSM]], [[UMTS]] and [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] mobile networks and a Fixed Wireless LTE network in all of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. The company launched a limitedly available FWB [[5G NR|NR]] network in December 2018.

The following is a list of known frequencies that bmobile employs in Trinidad and Tobago:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Frequencies used on the bmobile Network
|-
! Frequency range !! Band number !! Protocol !! Class !! Bandwidth <br/> <small>(MHz)</small> !! Status !! Notes
|-
| '''850'''&nbsp;MHz CLR || 5 || [[GSM]]/[[GPRS]]/[[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] || [[2G]] || 2.5 || rowspan="3" | Active || Currently being retained for 2G customers
|-
| '''1900'''&nbsp;MHz PCS || 2 || rowspan="2" | [[UMTS]]/[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]]/[[Evolved HSPA|HSPA+]]/[[DC-HSPA+]] || rowspan="2" | [[3G]] || 5 || rowspan="2" | Fallback for Calls and HSPA+ data
|-
| '''850'''&nbsp;MHz CLR || 5 || 5
|-
| '''1900'''&nbsp;MHz [[Personal Communication Service|PCS]] || 2 || rowspan="4" | [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]]/[[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]] || rowspan="4" | [[4G]] || 15 || rowspan="5" | Active / Being deployed ||  Re-farmed from Decommissioning GSM 1900 network across the country
|-
| '''1700'''&nbsp;MHz [[Advanced Wireless Services|AWS]] || 4 || 15 || Used for additional capacity and for LTE-A
|-
| '''700'''&nbsp;MHz [[Asia-Pacific Telecommunity band plan|APT]] || 28 || 10 || Used for indoor coverage and for LTE-A
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''2500'''&nbsp;MHz BRS || 41 || 20+20+10 || Fixed Wireless Broadband
|-
| n41 || [[5G NR|NR]] || [[5G]] || 50{{?}} || Fixed Wireless Broadband <ref>{{cite news |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/business/local/tstt-launches-g/article_beea3762-1705-11ea-818b-2b22d83a1281.html |title=TSTT launches 5G |newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Express |date=2019-12-04 |access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[List of mobile network operators of the Americas]]
* [[List of telecommunications regulatory bodies]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bmobile.co.tt/ bmobile website]

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