Puerto Rico’s wireless carriers, in cooperation with local and federal government agencies, are working toward deploying a platform known as the Commercial Mobile Alerts System, to be able to deliver real-time messages to subscribers in case of an emergency.
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Wednesday the availability of the trailblazing iPad2 mobile tablet, which it will market through payment plans allowing customers to finance it for 24, 36 or 48 months.
Squeezed by a decline in demand for its print telephone directories as consumers and advertisers turn their attention to online and mobile versions of the bulky book, Caribe Media Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in Delaware.
German enterprise software developer SAP this week released results for the first quarter ended March 31, reporting a 247 percent growth of its business in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, attributed directly to booming technology adoption by small and mid-sized businesses.
Telecommunications service provider Claro may be close to approaching the finish line on a more than three-year race to obtain franchise rights to launch islandwide cable television services in Puerto Rico, News is my Business learned Thursday.
Less than five months after acquiring storage solutions and data management developer Compellent Technologies for $960 million, Dell announced Wednesday the formal launching of Dell Compellent, a new service division in Puerto Rico.
Wireless carrier Open Mobile and device manufacturer Motorola Mobility have teamed up to enter the so-called premium mobile market with the introduction of two Motorola products that are paired with an unlimited plan to talk, text and surf the Web for $65 a month.
A little more than one-third of island business and residential consumers have done away with their landline service in the last decade. While the reasons may be more than a few, saving money by opting out of traditional phone service and the practicality of mobility are likely highly responsible for fixed lines going down the same path as rotary phones.
Techies looking to pick up an Apple iPad 2 will have yet another, albeit unlikely, retail location to go get it starting this week — Toys R Us.
Exactly 30 days after announcing plans to acquire rival wireless carrier T-Mobile, AT&T Inc. filed Thursday the petition for authorization of the transaction at the Federal Communications Commission, the agency confirmed on its website.
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission has slapped América Móvil with a $1 billion fine for monopolistic practices following a probe launched in that country in 2006. The watchdog agency determined the company, which commands 71 percent of Mexico’s mobile market through its Telcel subsidiary, is abusing its dominant position.
The proposed transaction has yet to be submitted to the Federal Communications Commission for consideration, and the agency’s chief economist, Jonathan Baker, is already raising concerns about the deal’s potential increase on wireless prices.
AT&T’s new upgrade fees will apply to a number of smartphone devicesin its portfolio. AT&T customers looking to trade in their mobile phones before their 24-month contract is up, but are not eligible for an upgrade, will have to pay more for the change — on top of the cost of the device — as […]
El proveedor de televisión por cable del área metropolitana de San Juan, OneLink, ha iniciado la conversión de su señal de cable básica al formato digital, un proceso que mejora la calidad del servicio y afectará a miles de clientes que actualmente no utilizan un decodificador para ver la televisión.
October 2004 — The former Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth, completed a $41 billion merger with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp. But the changes did not stop there. In December 2006, Cingular became wholly owned by the new AT&T as a result of the latter’s acquisition […]
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