‘EveryoneOn’ digital literacy campaign on in Puerto Rico
November 13, 2013
The Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce announced Tuesday the local launch of “EveryoneOn,” a national public service campaign aimed at promoting digital literacy skills and the importance of being connected online as a means of social, educational and economical development.
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Liberty phases out OneLink brand, unveils changes
November 7, 2013
Almost a year to the date after acquiring OneLink Communications, Liberty Cablevision announced that effective today, it will eliminate the San Juan cable system's brand and replace it with its own.
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Puerto Rico to get $31.6M to deploy rural broadband
November 1, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund has awarded $31.6 million to provide new broadband access to 40,736 homes and businesses throughout Puerto Rico, during a round of funding announced Thursday.
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MasterCard study reveals 5 types of ‘online personas’
October 16, 2013
Is there really such a thing as an online persona? According to a new global study from MasterCard released Tuesday, the answer is, yes.
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Claro Puerto Rico adds 9 new towns to 4G LTE network
October 15, 2013
Wireless carrier Claro announced Monday the inclusion of nine additional Puerto Rican towns into its high-speed 4G LTE network, through which clients can reach transmission speeds of up to 50 megabits per second through their mobile devices.
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Cybercrimes represent $104B in corporate losses
October 14, 2013
Cybercrime continues to increase, with 92 percent of Forbes Global 2000 companies reporting data breaches in the last 12 months.
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Puerto Rico chosen as ‘Code for America’ program host
October 14, 2013
After competing against 50 cities, Puerto Rico was recently selected to host the Code for America program, a non-partisan, non-political nonprofit that brings web-industry professionals together with city governments to promote openness, participation, and efficiency in municipal governments.
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Puerto Rico gets $1.4M for safety broadband network
September 12, 2013
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration this week awarded a $1.4 million grant to Puerto Rico under the State and Local Implementation Grant Program to help in planning for the island’s First Responder Network Authority, known as FirstNet.
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Delta to host BloggerCon, international tourism panel
September 5, 2013
Delta Air Lines, this year’s lead sponsor of Puerto Rico BloggerCon 2013, will host a panel of renowned bloggers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Spain to address the impact of social media on the travel and tourism industry.
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Google exec: Connected consumers expect relevant ads
September 3, 2013
Today’s generation lives in a multiscreen world, where people are connected all day, to the point that they are called “Generation-C,” due to their digital and participatory nature, their link to mobile devices and the type of relationships they develop through the Internet.
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Puerto Rico seeking $31.5M in FCC broadband funding
August 26, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission announced last week it has received requests from telecommunications providers in 44 states and Puerto Rico for more than $385 million in money from the Connect America Fund to benefit as many as 600,000 rural homes and small businesses that lack broadband.
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Senate bill goes after illicit paid TV decoder suppliers
August 26, 2013
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing this week to analyze Bill 410, which proposes to ban the sale, installation, tampering, and alteration of equipment for satellite, cable television, and similar paid television services, punishing such activities with a fine, jail time or both.
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Lexmark shifts focus from printers to business solutions
August 23, 2013
After more than a year of quietly reshuffling its Puerto Rico operation, Lexmark executives met with members of the media Thursday to outline future plans that call for a marked shift from being strictly known as a consumer-oriented, multi-functional printer maker to a solutions provider catering to a corporate market they say is leaning more toward adopting digital technologies.
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DISH looking to grab 50% of Puerto Rico paid TV market
August 21, 2013
When DISH Network Corp. CEO Joseph P. Clayton came to Puerto Rico several months ago to assess his company’s local performance, he didn’t like what he saw.
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DISH-Claro bundle now available in Puerto Rico
August 20, 2013
DISH Puerto Rico and Claro today introduced a bundled offer to island consumers that includes pay-TV, broadband and voice services, in a bid to continue expanding their local footprints.
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