Sixty-five percent of Puerto Rico residents have yet to adopt broadband — whether fixed or mobile — dragging significantly behind the U.S. mainland’s average.
Wireless carrier Sprint announced Monday that the 4G LTE network build is under way in more than 100 additional cities within its existing nationwide 3G footprint. The list includes nearly a dozen Puerto Rico municipalities.
Marco Casarín-Junco, who officially took over the task of steering Microsoft Corp.’s Puerto Rico operations as general manager this week, believes the island’s operations — which include sales, manufacturing and, in November, a store — are key for the corporation and must be fully developed and capitalized upon.