30% of Puerto Rico towns have free Wi-Fi, Internet centers
October 4, 2012
The town of Maricao joined 14 other Puerto Rico municipalities offering free Wi-Fi at its public square as well as access to broadband at an Internet center, through a $3 million government-sponsored initiative to close the island’s digital gap.
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PRBI, Inteco interconnect broadband networks
September 13, 2012
High speed Internet service available to residents of Puerto Rico’s central-eastern region is about to get a boost through the successful interconnection of the networks run by Critical Hub Networks, through its Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative, and the Central-Eastern Technological Initiative, known as Inteco.
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Puerto Rico broadband adoption remains slow
September 11, 2012
Sixty-five percent of Puerto Rico residents have yet to adopt broadband — whether fixed or mobile — dragging significantly behind the U.S. mainland’s average.
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Analysis: U.S., FCC must focus on Puerto Rico’s broadband deficiency
July 5, 2012
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council recently weighed in on Puerto Rico’s lagging broadband availability and use, saying the U.S. and the Federal Communications Commission have the responsibility of helping the island move forward in deployment and consumer adoption.
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PRBI kicks off islandwide microwave network deployment
June 25, 2012
Critical Hub Networks officially kicked off the deployment of the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative’s islandwide microwave network this month, initiating the final phase of the broadband project, company officials announced.
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Local delegation promotes P.R’s broadband needs in DC
June 6, 2012
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi told members of Congress Tuesday Puerto Rico needs to “have the correct policies in place, on both the federal and local level, to enable households and businesses … to access and adopt high-speed Internet and other modern telecommunications services at affordable rates.”
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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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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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Broadband service providers take Internet Protocol IPv6 training
April 24, 2012
Puerto Rico’s main broadband providers recently took part in the “IPv6 Workshop for Broadband Providers to begin preparing for the island’s transition to IPv6 — the next generation Internet Protocol.
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Neptuno Networks moves into new $3M HQs
April 23, 2012
Wireless telecommunications service and broadband provider Neptuno Networks recently moved its headquarters into a new 24,000 square-foot building in Metro Office Park in Guaynabo, following a $3 million investment, company president Pedro Andrés said.
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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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Feds approve PRBI broadband network expansion, route change
November 30, 2011
Critical Hub Networks announced Wednesday the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s approval of a route change for the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative’s (PRBI) islandwide network, as well as the expansion of the network’s interconnection points from 16 to 24.
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AT&T sponsors ‘Y-BALE’ youth technology outreach program
November 28, 2011
Wireless carrier AT&T will be sponsoring for the first time in Puerto Rico its Youth for Broadband Awareness Literacy & Education program, looking to offer technology and computer training to youth through a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. The event will take place in Carolina, Dec. 1-2, News is my Business learned.
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Liberty Cablevision increases broadband speeds to 30 Mbps
November 23, 2011
Luquillo-based Liberty Cablevision announced Tuesday the arrival of broadband download speeds of between 20 megabits per second and 30 Mbps through its upgraded DOCSIS 3.0 network. Internet clients can expect “more potent, stable and reliable” connections, company officials said.
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