AT&T debuts Flying ‘COW’ to provide wireless services
November 7, 2017
Wireless provider AT&T has debuted its helicopter Flying COW, to provide data, voice, and text services to customers as it works to restore its Puerto Rico network, which Hurricane María virtually destroyed when it made landfall on Sept. 20.
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AT&T connects 8M calls, 4M texts daily over PR network
October 3, 2017
AT&T confirmed Monday it is currently connecting more than 8 million calls and 4 million texts a day over its network in Puerto Rico, as it continues to work around the clock to restore its network, which also covers the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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AT&T creates website to help locate family, friends in PR
September 26, 2017
More than 7,250 people have signed up to a website wireless carrier AT&T has set up that allows anyone stateside (regardless of carrier) to register the cell phone number of a family member or friend who is an AT&T wireless customer in Puerto Rico.
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AT&T pledges additional $1.4M to hurricane relief effort
September 12, 2017
Telecommunications provider AT&T announced Monday is donating another $1.4 million to hurricane relief, which includes a $1 million matching donation to Team Rubicon, $150,000 to Telecoms Sans Frontieres, a group that is working to reestablish connectivity for emergency responders and communities in the Caribbean, and $250,000 to local charities in states impacted by Irma.
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20 states, territories opt-in to FirstNet initiative
September 4, 2017
More than a third of the United States has moved to modernize communications for the fire, police, emergency medical services (EMS) and other public safety personnel who protect and serve their communities, by opting-in to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet.)
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Rosselló signs First Responder Network buildout plan
September 1, 2017
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Thursday signed an agreement to include Puerto Rico in the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to create a wireless broadband network on the island exclusively for emergency services.
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USVI becomes 1st US territory to join FirstNet network
August 2, 2017
The U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday became the first U.S. territory to “opt-in” to the FirstNet network, following Gov. Kenneth Mapp’s decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the territory’s public safety community, helping first responders save lives and protect communities, the carrier announced.
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AT&T invests nearly $20M in 3 years in USVI network
July 10, 2017
Wireless carrier AT&T has invested nearly $20 million in its U.S. Virgin Islands wireless and wired networks during 2014-2016, the company confirmed over the weekend.
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AT&T awarded $119M, 5-year contract to support CDCs
May 17, 2017
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded AT&T a task order valued up to $119 million to support the Centers for Disease Control, installing a solution that will support the work of agency employees and contractors nationwide, including Puerto Rico.
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AT&T boosts mobile internet signal at St. Thomas resort
May 16, 2017
AT&T has beefed up its mobile internet service at Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, adding a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) on site, the carrier announced Monday.
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AT&T invests nearly $275M in 3 years in P.R. network
May 12, 2017
AT&T has invested nearly $275 million in its Puerto Rico wireless and wired networks during 2014-2016, the company announced Thursday.
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AT&T to build $40B public safety broadband network
March 31, 2017
AT&T has been selected by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to build and manage the first broadband network dedicated to police, firefighters and emergency medical services.
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AT&T opens new stores in Humacao, Carolina, Isabela
March 22, 2017
AT&T announced Tuesday it has opened three new authorized retailer stores in the towns of Humacao, Carolina and Isabela.
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AT&T grants $28K to USVI nonprofit to promote STEM
December 2, 2016
For the second consecutive year, AT&T is awarding $28,000 to the Community Foundation of the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide local teacher grants in the 2016-2017 school year to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the territory.
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DirecTV kiosks to close Dec. 31 as part of AT&T merger
November 29, 2016
As part of the consolidation between AT&T Mobility and DirecTV begun earlier this year, about two dozen of the latter’s kiosks in Puerto Rico will shut down on Dec. 31, this media outlet confirmed Monday.
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