Parallel18’s alumni shine bright at SXSW 2017
March 7, 2017
Global accelerator Parallel18 (P18) and five of the startups that have been through its program will have highlighted participations at the SXSW (South by Southwest) innovation conference, which begins this week in Austin, Texas.
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Sprint, Open Mobile announce joint venture in PR/USVI
February 24, 2017
Sprint and Open Mobile officially confirmed an agreement to combine their businesses in Puerto Rico, together with Sprint’s business in the U.S. Virgin Islands, into a new joint venture.
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Liberty Business partners with United Retailers Assoc.
February 24, 2017
Liberty Business, Liberty Puerto Rico’s business division, announced Thursday it has established a partnership with the United Retailers Association of Puerto Rico to support the small and medium-sized businesses sector on the island.
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Liberty Puerto Rico reports Y-O-Y revenue growth in ’16
February 17, 2017
Despite continued macroeconomic uncertainty and climbing population migration numbers, Liberty Puerto Rico reported positive revenue growth of 1.1 percent, year-over-year in 2016.
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IT solutions developer INVID gets SBA certification
February 8, 2017
With the goal of building business competitiveness and expanding to new markets, IT solutions developer Internet Vision Development (INVID), LLC recently received certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development program, it announced Tuesday.
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Liberty loses Lifeline provider designation in FCC sweep
February 7, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday invalidated the inclusion of nine new broadband Internet Service Providers — including Liberty Puerto Rico — in it’s Lifeline subsidies program, leaving an undetermined number of low-income families that could have benefited in suspense had the program gotten off the ground.
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Sprint reportedly finalizing acquisition of Open Mobile
January 31, 2017
Wireless carrier Sprint is reportedly in the final stages of acquiring competitor Open Mobile in what would be the first major change in Puerto Rico’s telecommunications landscape this year, two sources confirmed to this media outlet.
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Piloto 151, Codetrotters represent P.R. at White House
December 23, 2016
Representatives from Piloto 151 and Codetrotters were recently invited to the White House, representing Puerto Rico as one of 72 national “TechHire” communities to announce a campaign to place 100,000 Americans into tech jobs by 2020.
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Fitch assigns 1st-time ‘B+’ rating to Liberty Cablevision
December 9, 2016
Fitch Ratings has assigned a Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of 'B+ to Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico LLC (LCPR).
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P.R. accepted into White House ‘TechHire’ program
December 1, 2016
Puerto Rico has been announced as one of 19 TechHire communities dedicated to creating pathways for more U.S. citizens to access well-paying tech jobs and expanding local tech sectors in communities across the country, the White House announced Thursday.
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DirecTV kiosks to close Dec. 31 as part of AT&T merger
November 29, 2016
As part of the consolidation between AT&T Mobility and DirecTV begun earlier this year, about two dozen of the latter’s kiosks in Puerto Rico will shut down on Dec. 31, this media outlet confirmed Monday.
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P.R. startups offer innovative gifts on Cyber Monday
November 25, 2016
The holiday season has officially started, and Cyber Monday is expected to keep breaking sales records, with a projection of more than $3 billion in just one day.
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Wovenware expands partnership with Microsoft
November 23, 2016
Wovenware, a nearshore provider of smart software solutions, today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Microsoft, becoming one of the first software engineering services firms in Puerto Rico to be an authorized Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP).
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Claro fulfills FCC-funded broadband deployment project
November 17, 2016
Three years after receiving $31.6 million from the Federal Communications Commission to provide new broadband access to more than 40,000 homes in Puerto Rico, Claro President Enrique Ortiz de Montellano confirmed Wednesday the project has been completed.
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AT&T boosts 4G LTE network in P.R. for faster delivery
November 16, 2016
AT&T announced Tuesday the addition of four new cell towers and capacity to hundreds of cell sites so far this year, helping customers get faster, more reliable wireless service in Puerto Rico.
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