WEF: P.R. 2nd ‘most connected’ nation in LatAm, Caribbean
April 4, 2012
In the most recent Global Information Technology Report released Wednesday, Puerto Rico ranked second among the region’s most connected jurisdictions, behind only Barbados. However, the island ranks 36th in the world in terms of connectivity, which still denotes the persistence of a significant digital divide.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Nearly 125K low-income consumers lose phone subsidy benefits
April 3, 2012
Close to 125,000 low-income consumers have been dropped from the list of beneficiaries receiving subsidies for their home or mobile telephone services through the Universal Service Fund after the Telecommunications Regulatory Board uncovered an alleged pattern of participants who were double- and triple-dipping into the pool of local and federal money, News is my Business learned.
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Telecom Board puts prepaid mobile phone registry on ‘indefinite’ hold
March 30, 2012
The implementation of the terms of Law 280, which established a mandatory prepaid mobile phone registry, has been postponed indefinitely, News is my Business learned Thursday.
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FCC proposing slight drop to Universal Service Fund charge
March 29, 2012
As it does every quarter, the Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the rates that telephone companies must charge and pass off to consumers to cover the Universal Service Fund, which among other things, subsidizes services offered to low-income consumers as well as improvements to schools and libraries.
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Local T-Mobile operation unaffected by layoffs
March 23, 2012
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced Thursday plans to close seven call center facilities nationwide, resulting in the elimination of 1,900 jobs by summer. However, the cutbacks will not have any local effects, Jorge Martel, general manager of the wireless carrier’s local operations said.
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Telecom industry exec: ‘Problems at TRB were foreseeable’
March 16, 2012
While members of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board remained mum on the two-against-one internal battle going on at the agency that lead to a lawsuit at San Juan Superior Court last week, an industry executive spoke out Thursday, saying among other things, the problems were foreseeable.
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Polytechnic Univ. to host 7th edition of ‘InfoSecurity San Juan’ event
March 16, 2012
The seventh annual edition of one of the most notable online security events, InfoSecurity San Juan 2012, is slated to take place Mar. 20, when issues related to cloud and mobile security will be the central topics of discussion.
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Telecom Board infighting unleashes unprecedented lawsuit linked to IPTV dispute
March 14, 2012
The tension that has been brewing in recent months among the Telecommunications Regulatory Board members over Puerto Rico Telephone/Claro’s cable franchise license petition escalated another notch late last week, when the agency sued Associate Member Nixyvette Santini in San Juan Superior Court.
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PRIDCO assigns $1.6M to Inteco’s broadband development project
March 12, 2012
The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company’s board approved a $1.6 million assignment to the Central Eastern Technological Initiative, to match federal funding granted by the U.S. National Telecommunication and Information Administration to expand broadband access to economically disadvantage communities in the region, Economic Development and Commerce José Pérez-Riera, who also heads Pridco, said Monday.
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OneLink gets FCC OK to access broader set-top box market, clients could see savings
March 5, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission has granted a petition submitted by OneLink Communications late last year that could potentially represent savings for clients who pay monthly rental fees for their high-definition or DVR set-top boxes.
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Juana Díaz opens public Internet center
March 2, 2012
Following the government’s promise to establish a free internet center in each municipality, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres inaugurated Thursday new facilities that will offer free Internet access to more than 2,200 Juana Díaz residents.
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T-Mobile USA investing $4B to deploy 4G LTE in U.S., P.R.
February 24, 2012
T-Mobile USA unveiled plans Thursday to spend $4 billion — the same amount it collected from the failed merger with AT&T last year — to modernize its network through the deployment of 4G Long-Term Evolution technology nationwide and in Puerto Rico in 2013.
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Somoza joins attorney generals from 35 states blasting new Google policy
February 22, 2012
Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Guillermo Somoza-Colombani is one of 36 state representatives who signed a five-page letter to Google Inc. President Larry Page voicing “strong concerns” with the new privacy policy the online giant announced will go into effect March 1 for all of its consumer products.
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Tech company LGS Global establishes training academy
February 22, 2012
Indian information technology development and consulting firm LGS Global formally announced Tuesday the establishment of the LGS Solutions Academy in Puerto Rico to train and certify 100 local public and private sector professionals on the key Oracle and SAP software, who upon graduating may be recruited by the multinational firm.
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TRB still working on prepaid phone registry, calls CTIA lawsuit ‘premature’
February 17, 2012
The Telecommunications Regulatory Board is still in the early stages of developing the regulations necessary to enforce Law 280 that mandates creating a mechanism to register and track customers buying prepaid handsets in Puerto Rico, agency President Sandra Torres said Thursday.
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