Claro, Microsoft partner to deliver Office 365 to small, mid-sized businesses
May 31, 2012
Looking to provide easier and better accessibility to email, documents and applications anytime, anywhere Claro Puerto Rico and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to launch Office 365, a cloud-based suite of productivity tools designed for small and mid-sized businesses.
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CTIA: Wireless products, services driving socioeconomic change
May 29, 2012
Wireless products and services are a powerful agent of social change that give billions of people around the world, including Puerto Rico, with anytime, anywhere access, according to a recent report by BSR and commissioned by CTIA-The Wireless Association.
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FCC changes put $180M in telecom funding to P.R. at risk
May 23, 2012
Some $180 million that Puerto Rico receives in funding assigned annually through the Federal Communications Commission could be at risk due to the methodologies the agency is implementing to phase out the Universal Service Program and usher in its replacement, the Connect America Fund.
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T-Mobile P.R. unscathed by 2nd wave of stateside layoffs, signs Culson for ad campaign
May 16, 2012
T-Mobile USA announced Tuesday there will be a second round of layoffs in coming weeks as it continues to restructure its operation, a decision that will have no impact on its Puerto Rico operations, local officials confirmed.
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CIO lays out strategy to push island broadband adoption rate to 70% by ’15
May 15, 2012
The Puerto Rico Broadband Task Force, a 12-member public-private coalition organized a year ago, is laying the foundation to more than double current broadband adoption levels across the island to at least 70 percent by 2015, up from the current 31 percent, and expedite a significant increase in download speeds within the next five to eight years.
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T-Mobile scores victory in PRT billing dispute
May 9, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit put an end earlier this month to a nearly five-year-old billing dispute between T-Mobile and Puerto Rico Telephone involving several million dollars in charges related to network interconnection and transport facilities.
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Open Mobile ‘not worried’ about S&P’s credit outlook revision
May 9, 2012
Saying Open Mobile’s parent company, P.R. Wireless, has “less than adequate” liquidity, credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on the wireless carrier to negative from stable and affirmed its ratings, including the 'B' corporate credit rating.
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Critical Hub Networks deploys IPv6 to Caribe.Net broadband users
May 9, 2012
Critical Hub Networks announced Tuesday it has enabled next-generation IPv6 Internet services on its residential broadband network, becoming the first broadband provider in Puerto Rico to do so. The technology will benefit the company’s Caribe.Net customers.
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Malicious online activity skyrockets, P.R. 10th most-vulnerable in the Americas
May 8, 2012
Online cyber attacks skyrocketed by 81 percent in 2011 affecting organizations of all sizes and types worldwide, according to the 17th edition of Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report, which also revealed that Puerto Rico ranked 10th among all territories in the Americas with the greatest volume of malicious activity.
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América Móvil: Full LTE launch in P.R. not until 3Q
May 2, 2012
During a recent call with investors, América Móvil CEO Daniel Hajj confirmed that the commercial launch of its 4G Long-Term Evolution platform in Puerto Rico will not take place until the third quarter of this year, following a limited roll-out of the next-generation technology late last year.
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TRB ‘vigilant’ over manhole cover theft streak
April 30, 2012
Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres said the agency will continue cracking down on copper theft, including going after those who have recently taken up the habit of stealing manhole covers belonging to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.
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Industry reports: Sprint to roll out 4G in Aug., LTE launch uncertain
April 24, 2012
Sprint's network conversion is finally underway, a move stateside industry sources said Monday could lead to an August deployment of the 4G next-generation technology.
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T-Mobile pumping $35M into islandwide network
April 20, 2012
T-Mobile Puerto Rico will be investing $35 million in a series of projects to strengthen its islandwide network, including expanding the capacity of its 4G HSPA+ network, upgrading cell sites and begin construction on its next-generation Long Term Evolution infrastructure, General Manager Jorge Martel said Thursday.
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Open Mobile switches on LTE network
April 20, 2012
On Thursday, Open Mobile, the island’s only no-contract provider, announced it had flipped the switch on its LTE network, which is initially available in the San Juan metropolitan area.
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Consumer advocate re-launches radio show to ‘fill information void’
April 11, 2012
Consumer rights advocate Gilberto Arvelo, popularly known as Dr. Shoper[sic], announced Tuesday the rebirth of his radio show that will air simultaneously on several stations to, in his words, fill an information gap that consumers have to be able to ride out the current economic conditions.
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