The Puerto Rican Telecommunications Alliance sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai asking him to take notice of the local legislature’s “attempt to tax the internet and broadband internet access services.” The Alliance — which groups internet, television and telephony services providers Aeronet, Claro, Data Access, Liberty Puerto Rico, Neptuno, Optivon, VPNet, […]
Puerto Rico is expected to “be hit harder” by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to many other global jurisdictions, mainly due to the exceptional circumstances it faced prior to the health crisis, according to the latest analysis released by Estudios Técnicos. The firm, based in San Juan, predicts as a result, Puerto […]
The head of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Alliance, Felipe Hernández, called on lawmakers to hold public hearings on House Bill 1333, which the group claims would increase the internet and cellular service bills for local consumers and could bankrupt nearly 100 Puerto Rican small businesses that serve more than 300,000 subscribers. Hernández demanded that House […]
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