AT&T dropped a bomb Friday on unlimited data plan smartphone customers who use their devices so much they fall into that top 5 percent that clogs up the network during any given billing cycle.
For the second time this year, the Public Buildings Authority has awarded a contract to New York-based utiliVisor to monitoring energy consumption levels at government centers in Aguadilla and Caguas, as well as the Police Department’s Hato Rey headquarters.
This week, Claro bid close to $11.2 million for six wireless licenses auctioned off by the Federal Communications Commission, which it could use to improve or expand its mobile services, News is my Business learned Friday.
Doral Financial, the holding company of Doral Bank and Doral Bank FSB, reported net income of $4.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to $3.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
The Economic Development and Commerce Department is presenting the incentives and competitive advantages Puerto Rico offers to the aviation sector during its debut in the 2011 edition of the renowned Air Venture industry gathering taking place in Wisconsin this week.
As several of the island’s main toll plazas prepare to go completely cashless on Saturday, the Department of Transportation and Public Works announced that, for the first time, trucks will be allowed to use the “AutoExpreso” electronic payment system.
Ford Motor Company cruised through the first half of 2011, with a reported 37 percent increase in year-over-year vehicle sales in Puerto Rico, at a time when the industry had an overall growth of 1.9 percent, company officials said Thursday.
Starting next year, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island U.S. residents will be able to get their passports issued at the U.S. State Department branch that will open in San Juan, rather than stateside, government officials said Thursday.
In keeping with the unwavering growth of smartphone and tablet computer usage worldwide, United Airlines, Continental and American Airlines recently unveiled mobile applications offering passengers one-touch access to their travel information and the option to generate an electronic boarding pass.
For the second year in a row, Banco Popular’s Internet platform has been included among the region’s best performers as per Global Finance’s Best Internet Bank Award 2011 competition. The bank received the organization’s “Best Bill Payment and Presentment” distinction.
Effective July 31, Puerto Rico Larga Distancia will be changing its name to Claro [6558_noti_imagen1_CLARO-Logo] Larga Distancia in response to the company’s strategy of unifying all of its services under a single brand. Claro will continue offering its long distance services under the same terms and conditions currently in place for PRT LD subscribers, company officials said.
The austerity measures put in place over the past two years have reduced Puerto Rico’s deficit and spurred economic growth, Gov. Luis Fortuño and his Economic Development and Commerce chief said in separate speeches offered on Wednesday’s session of the National Leutenant Governors Association convention taking place in San Juan.
Guaynabo-based eGloboMall.com, a company dedicated to providing U.S.-based e-commerce retailers an outlet to sell their goods throughout Latin America, has granted a contract to Savtira Corp. to develop a cloud-based e-store to continue expanding its global footprint.
The menu changes announced Wednesday by McDonald’s that call for reducing calories and adding fruit to children’s Happy Meals, as well as improving choices for adults, will apply to Puerto Rico’s restaurants, operator Arcos Dorados said.
American Eagle announced Tuesday plans to reinstate service to La Romana-Casa de Campo International Airport from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport twice a week (Friday and Sunday) starting Nov. 18. The new service that was discontinued earlier this year will be operated with 64-seat ATR-72 aircraft.
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