DirecTV Puerto Rico moves into $5M HQs in Hato Rey
May 20, 2014
A day after announcing its participation in a $48.5 billion merger with AT&T, DirecTV unveiled Monday its new $5 million Puerto Rico headquarters, located at the heart of the Golden Mile in Hato Rey.
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Univision, T-Mobile launch ‘Univision Mobile’ service
May 16, 2014
Univision Communications Inc. and T-Mobile US, Inc. are joining forces to launch Univision Mobile, a wireless service created specifically for Hispanic Americans across the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.
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CIO announces 2nd edition of Puerto Rico Tech Summit
May 14, 2014
With the goal of promoting technology as an economic hub for the island, government officials representing the Chief Information Office and the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, announced Tuesday the second edition of the Puerto Rico Tech Summit, slated for June 4 at the Convention Center in Miramar.
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Mojo Tags: Next-generation marketing tool unveiled in PR
May 9, 2014
Mojo Tags, a next-generation tool designed to drive advertising and marketing efforts into the next level of interactivity, has officially been introduced to the local market by a company looking to use Puerto Rico as a global launching pad for the technology.
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Cable trade group takes fight against Viacom to the FCC
May 8, 2014
One month after Liberty Puerto Rico announced its decision to pull the plug on Viacom-owned programming, the American Cable Association sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission slamming the content provider’s decision to also block access to its websites by broadband Internet subscribers, including those served by the carrier.
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PR IT Cluster reveals plans, actions to promote IT sector
April 28, 2014
The Board of the Puerto Rico of Information Technology Cluster (PRITC), an organization dedicated to making Puerto Rico a global leader in the IT industry, recently unveiled its strategic plan and announced the actions it is taking to carry out its mission.
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Claro connects Puerto Rico to 100 Gigabit-capable cable
April 25, 2014
Puerto Rico on Thursday became the final connecting point of a $1.1 billion high-speed submarine cable system deployed by telecommunications provider América Móvil that is capable of offering broadband transmission speeds of up to 100 Gigabits per second.
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WEF report: Puerto Rico experimenting ‘digital paradox’
April 24, 2014
Puerto Rico slipped five notches to 41st place in this year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report, yet remains ahead of other countries in the region in terms of connectedness, local experts said Wednesday upon analyzing the results.
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Liberty Puerto Rico turns to cloud to personalize service
April 24, 2014
Liberty Puerto Rico is partnering with technology provider ActiveVideo to launch of a cloud-based personalized user interface that uses real-time viewing metrics to display program popularity and offers insight into how viewers find television content in a social context.
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T-Mobile nixes overage penalties, ‘frees’ tablets
April 15, 2014
Wireless carrier T-Mobile has spent the last few weeks turning the industry on its head by eliminating contracts and dropping the price on services, making its most recent move Monday with the elimination of overage charges levied on its customers, starting May 1.
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Safety Tracker Software LLC expands to Central America
April 10, 2014
Safety Tracker Software LLC, a Puerto Rico based technology start-up specializing in environmental, occupational health and safety software, announced it has expanded operations into the Central America region.
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Study: Puerto Rico is ideal site for high-tech ventures
April 8, 2014
Puerto Rico is a hospitable place when it comes to protecting intellectual property (IP) rights, which coupled with incentives and favorable business conditions, make the island an attractive place to set up and expand high-tech firms, a study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. conducted by “The Economist” revealed Monday.
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Liberty reshuffling channels, pulls plug on Viacom lineup
April 7, 2014
Effective tomorrow, Liberty Puerto Rico will eliminate all of the Viacom channels in the Ultimate and Ultimate Plus video tiers after unfruitful negotiations with the provider, the local cable carrier said.
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‘HackPR’ links companies with new tech talent
March 31, 2014
The second edition of Puerto Rico’s biggest student-run hackathon, “HackPR,” took place over the weekend in Mayagüez, allowing technology amateurs and professionals showcase their skills before big name companies like Microsoft and Google, and also to local start-ups that are in the lookout for new talent that can satisfy their technological needs.
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T-Mobile to invest $20M in 4G LTE network in ’14
March 28, 2014
A month after launching its “contract-free” business model, T-Mobile announced a new $20 million investment to upgrade its Puerto Rico 4G LTE infrastructure and add 100 new jobs to its payroll, a high-ranking parent company executive said Thursday.
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