Comparision of post paid cell phone plans in Trinidad and Tobago (2006)

Introduction

Here is a simpler analysis of post paid plans between TSTT/bmobile and Digicel instead of the confusing, long “independent” reports on bmobile’s site.

Update (August 2006) : Digicel’s postpaid packages now includes calls to bmobile

Current post-paid plans (as of May 2006)

  • Digicel’s postpaid packages comes with pre bundled minutes which can be used to call Digicel, fixed lines ONLY. A call to bmobile costs $1.22/$1.40 (no VAT/with VAT). Checking voicemail does NOT use your pre-bundled minutes.
  • bmobile’s postpaid packages comes with pre bundled minutes which can be used to call Digicel, fixed and bmobile lines. Checking voicemail DOES use your pre-bundled minutes.

 

Cost/mth Bundled Mins Rate/min Bundled SMS
no VAT with VAT no VAT with VAT
Digicel Postpaid 120 $82.61 $95 120 0.69 0.79 50
Digicel Postpaid 240 $160.87 $185 240 0.67 0.77 75
Digicel Postpaid 360 $221.74 $255 360 0.62 0.71 100
bmobile basic $75.00 $86.25 100 0.75 0.86 30
bmobile bonus $140.00 $161 200 0.70 0.80 30
bmobile beyond $260.00 $299 400 0.65 0.75 30

 

Observations as of May 2006

  • Digicel is cheaper if you’re only calling other Digicel phones and fixed lines.
  • Digicel is not cheaper if you call many bmobile customers. If your call pattern is to call a bmobile customer for long periods of time (e.g your friend, family member, relative or significant other), it would be cheaper to get a Digicel cell for that bmobile user.