With the goal of promoting technology as an economic hub for the island, government officials representing the Chief Information Office and the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, announced Tuesday the second edition of the Puerto Rico Tech Summit, slated for June 4 at the Convention Center in Miramar.
Puerto Rico on Thursday became the final connecting point of a $1.1 billion high-speed submarine cable system deployed by telecommunications provider América Móvil that is capable of offering broadband transmission speeds of up to 100 Gigabits per second.
Students from University High School at the University of Puerto Rico recently participated in the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia’s Global Economic Forum through an Internet2 connection established at the UPR-Río Piedras campus.