Claro looking to pull plug on its PhoneMax VoiP service
February 20, 2014
Puerto Rico Telephone, which does business as Claro, is looking to pull the plug on its Voice over Internet Protocol-based PhoneMax service, some eight years after breaking ground with the next-generation tool.
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Prouty: ‘Puerto Rico must become Caribbean tech hub’
February 12, 2014
As part of last week’s celebration of the IT Cluster & CIO Summit, businessman Nicholas Prouty, managing partner of investment firm Putnam Bridge, urged members of the island’s technology sector to join forces to convert Puerto Rico into a powerful technological center for the Caribbean region.
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Momentum builds at CIO & IT Leadership Conference
February 11, 2014
More than 700 leaders of industry, government and academia gathered for a direction-setting exchange that took place during the first CIO & IT Leadership Conference hosted by the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster (PRITC) last week.
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‘Code for America’ fellows to develop gov’t solutions
February 7, 2014
A group of Code for America (CfA) programmers will be helping the Puerto Rican government develop tools to address the island’s civic needs, CIO Giancarlo González and Science, Technology and Research Trust Executive Director Iván Ríos-Mena announced Thursday.
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Internet co’s take ‘wait-and-see’ stance on net neutrality
January 30, 2014
A little over two weeks ago, the DC Circuit court vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules stating that "even though the commission has general authority to regulate in this arena, it may not impose requirements that contravene express statutory mandates."
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Liberty Global mulls spinning off Puerto Rico, Chile ops
January 20, 2014
Liberty Global, Liberty Puerto Rico’s parent company, announced on Jan. 13 in its SEC filing that it is looking into a potential spinoff to shareholders of its Latin American units, which includes Liberty Puerto Rico and VTR in Chile.
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Avaya unveils ’14 strategy for Puerto Rico, region
January 20, 2014
Business collaboration and communications software and services provider Avaya held its Puerto Rico Partner Connection Day 2014 last week, featuring keynote speeches by top company executives who discussed plans for this year and recognized the achievements of its outstanding business partners.
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Sectors unite to drive Puerto Rico’s technology industry
January 16, 2014
Private sector, government and academia will convene next month to chart the agenda to revive the economy during the CIO & IT Leadership Conference, organized by the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster.
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Cable, Telecom Assoc. to hold annual meeting in San Juan
January 14, 2014
The Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) will hold its 2014 annual meeting in San Juan Jan. 27-29 at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino, bringing together cable and telecommunications executives from the region for educational sessions, networking opportunities and exhibitions.
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CES ’14: Wearables, curved TVs, Internet of everything
January 13, 2014
The International Consumer Electronics Show has been, for the past 40 years, the technology industry’s greatest showcase of invention and innovation.
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AT&T upgrades cells sites, expands coverage in USVI
December 17, 2013
Wireless carrier AT&T announced Monday it has added extra capacity to 28 cell sites in St. Thomas and St. Croix; upgraded five sites in St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix with LTE technology; and activated a new cell site in St. Thomas in its ongoing efforts to enhance the wireless capacity and coverage of its mobile Internet network available in the neighboring island chain.
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Claro continues to expand its 4G LTE network
December 10, 2013
Telecommunications provider Claro Puerto Rico announced Monday the expansion of its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network to nine more municipalities in Puerto Rico, totaling 18 new additions in just seven weeks.
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Black Friday, Thanksgiving weekend tech round-up
November 28, 2013
Technology is always high up on the wish list during the Christmas season and what better way to save than to take advantage of the available sales and discounts on Black Friday.
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Prepa Networks building new $26M HQs in Isla Verde
November 27, 2013
Prepa Networks, a subsidiary of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority that provides next-generation network infrastructure to carriers and business sectors looking to provide a variety of telecommunications services, will be building new $26 million headquarters in Isla Verde, the company disclosed Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico-based EVERTEC opens branch in Colombia
November 18, 2013
EVERTEC, a company with more than 25 years experience and considered the leading full-service transaction processing business in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced it is establishing operations in Colombia this month.
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