The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board has opened for public comment the petition submitted by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico to buy Choice Cable TV, and fold the latter’s franchise license into its local operation, this media outlet confirmed.
Puerto Rico’s Chief Information Officer, Giancarlo González, was included in this year’s “State of the CIO” survey, which lists the top 100 information technology executives in the nation based on their presence on Twitter.
Puerto Rico’s thriving and diverse mobile device user base and presence of international wireless carriers appears to have been the key factors to convincing one of the world’s largest technology developers, Google Inc., to launch a smartphone pilot program that could thrust the island into the international spotlight.
Wovenware, a local software development company, will invest some $250,000 to expand its local operations and create 40 new jobs over the next two years, executives announced Monday, flanked by high-ranking Puerto Rico government officials.
The Atento call center in Caguas is investing $500,000 to expand its customer relationship management services that will generate 200 new jobs in 24 months, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced Thursday during a tour of the facilities.
Life Wireless, a cellular provider offering free phone service to eligible customers through the federal Lifeline program, has opened its first retail locations in Puerto Rico to better serve its fast-growing customer base.
Less than two years after picking up the assets of the former OneLink cable system in the greater San Juan area, Liberty de Puerto Rico announced Wednesday its intention to buy the only other cable provider left on the island, Choice Cable in Ponce.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico LLC announced Wednesday that affiliates of its indirect majority shareholder, Liberty Global and its indirect minority shareholder, Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P., have entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the parent of Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Company Inc., which does business as Choice Cable TV.
As part of its mission to advance the island’s technological, scientific and business agenda, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust announced the achievements obtained from the Startup Weekends program at a closing ceremony last week.
T-Mobile Puerto Rico is ending a very active 2014, during which it set out to break industry rules by launching a slew of offers — including doing away with annual contracts and unleashing unlimited data for smartphones and tablets.
Home broadband adoption in Puerto Rico increased by 15 percentage points between 2010 and 2014, surging from 31 percent to 46 percent of adults using the service, according to Connect Puerto Rico’s 2014 broadband survey results released Tuesday.
Telecommunications provider Claro de Puerto Rico will wrap up 2014 with a total of $100 million in capital investments in its fiber optic network, mobile infrastructure and application development — among other improvements — to be able to offer customers “the best cutting-edge technology” available, company President Enrique Ortiz de Montellano said Tuesday.
Puerto Rico’s information technology industry generated nearly 3,000 jobs this year, split among 55 of the largest companies doing business on the island.
Puerto Rico’s technological sector has taken a pivotal role in the ongoing growth of the island’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, a phenomenon that has prompted the celebration of the upcoming H3 Tech Conference on Nov. 21-22, to give so-called "Hustlers,” "Hipsters," and "Hackers" the forum to exchange ideas, experiences and knowledge.
Cable and Wireless Communications PLC announced Thursday it has reached a conditional agreement to acquire Columbus International Inc.
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