Liberty Puerto Rico — like countless companies across the island — has spent the better part of the last three months picking up the pieces of its network that Hurricane María destroyed, en route to restoring services and laying the groundwork for new offerings.
Puerto Rico’s median household income dopped by 4 percent from 2012 to 2016, when it stood at $19,606, in comparison to the $20,403 on record for the prior five-year period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Puerto Rico Community Survey.
Two of Puerto Rico’s wireless carriers — Sprint and Open Mobile — quietly completed their previously announced joint venture agreement in mid-November, as both providers worked through recovery efforts post Hurricane María, this media outlet has confirmed.
Womentechover will launch at this year’s edition of “Animus, Women’s Innovation Journey,” with the goal of increasing opportunities for women in the tech industry, Sofía Stolberg, founder of Piloto 151 confirmed.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wrapped up a two-day visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, where he met with government and industry officials to see and hear about the status of recovery efforts following Hurricane María.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai will be in Puerto Rico this week to “evaluate and analyze” how the regulatory agency can continue collaborating in the recovery work related to the island’s telecommunications services, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres confirmed.
Liberty Puerto Rico announced Monday that effective immediately, it would begin offering The Weather Channel to all its customers due to the emergency caused by Hurricane María for Puerto Rico this week.
Looking to raise awareness and highlight the importance and growth the island’s information technology industry has experienced in recent years, the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster (PRITC) announced the upcoming “PRITC Innovation Awards.”
Puerto Rico’s economic activity took a 2.1 percent dive in July 2017, when compared to the same month last year, according to the Economic Activity Index released by the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and the Government Development Bank.
Telecommunications provider AT&T announced Monday is donating another $1.4 million to hurricane relief, which includes a $1 million matching donation to Team Rubicon, $150,000 to Telecoms Sans Frontieres, a group that is working to reestablish connectivity for emergency responders and communities in the Caribbean, and $250,000 to local charities in states impacted by Irma.
As of 6 p.m. tonight, 50 percent of Liberty Puerto Rico’s customers have been reconnected to services following the impact Hurricane Irma had on the island late this week, company President Naji Khoury said.
More than a third of the United States has moved to modernize communications for the fire, police, emergency medical services (EMS) and other public safety personnel who protect and serve their communities, by opting-in to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet.)
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Thursday signed an agreement to include Puerto Rico in the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to create a wireless broadband network on the island exclusively for emergency services.
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