Puerto Rico needs to consider integrating broadband use as one of its key economic indicators — beyond cement production and energy consumption — to promote business expansion and the development of new initiatives to create jobs, generate tax revenue and even increase real estate values, public and private sector industry representatives said Tuesday.
Less than two years after picking up the assets of the former OneLink cable system in the greater San Juan area, Liberty de Puerto Rico announced Wednesday its intention to buy the only other cable provider left on the island, Choice Cable in Ponce.
The Foundation for Puerto Rico and Columbus Business Solutions announced Thursday an agreement whereby the latter will outfit the nonprofit’s “Colaboratorio” space in Santurce, enabling grassroots organizations sharing the space to have access to high-speed broadband technology.
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