The aid will be available until the funding allocation runs out.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has committed $5.3 million to Puerto Rico through its program to fund connected devices and broadband connections through its Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, the agency confirmed. The island has received the funding in three waves, getting $2.6 million during the first round, $2.1 million in the second, and $625,928 in […]
Alexandra Fernández-Navarro, current commissioner of the Puerto Rico Public Service Regulatory Board, has been named by the US Secretary of Commerce to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority. The FirstNet Authority has 12 non-permanent members selected by the Department of Commerce and three permanent seats occupied by the US Attorney General, the […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded some $1.8 million in funding to two Puerto Rico-based healthcare service providers to jumpstart their telehealth initiatives, the federal agency announced. The Med Centro Healthcare System in Ponce was awarded $909,391 to finance network improvements and buy connected devices, such as laptops and tablets, to implement a telehealth […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed that 158,333 households in Puerto Rico have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, joining some 4 million others across the US mainland. The $3.2 billion subsidy program initiated by Congress provides a temporary $50 to $75 discount on eligible households’ internet bills during the duration of the pandemic. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed that 65,868 households in Puerto Rico have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit subsidy program initiated by Congress earlier this year. Since mid-May, more than 2.3 million households in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and American Samoa were approved to receive a discount on […]
The Federal Communications Commission gave its go-ahead to the sale of certain subsidiaries of Univision to investors Searchlight and ForgeLight and Grupo Televisa — but the deal is conditioned to the sale of three of Univision’s television stations in Puerto Rico. According to an order issued by the FCC’s Mass Media Bureau, Univision will have […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced he intends to leave the regulatory agency on Jan. 20, 2021, when the President-Elect Joe Biden will move into the White House. Pai, who since Hurricane María has been responsive to the problems Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands faced in the wake of the deadly storm, […]
The Federal Communications Commission announced it has awarded 84.5 million over 10 years to Broadband VI to provide 1 gigabit per second fixed broadband service to all locations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The funding is through the Connect USVI Fund’s Stage 2 competitive process, which will extend high-speed broadband to 46,039 locations in the […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau announced that T-Mobile will pay a $200 million penalty to the U.S. Treasury to resolve an investigation of its subsidiary Sprint’s compliance with the commission’s rules regarding waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program for low-income consumers. The payment is the largest fixed-amount settlement the FCC has ever […]
The Federal Communications Commission announced it has selected Liberty Puerto Rico and Claro Puerto Rico to receive a combined $127 million in funding through its Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund to deploy broadband connectivity throughout the island. The companies participated in the FCC’s competitive Stage 2 funding round, which will allocate the money over 10 […]
Several hundred Puerto Rico-based schools, municipalities and nonprofits will receive more than $5.5 million from the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate funding program to boost broadband services. The program is part of the Universal Service Fund, which has opened two funding windows so far this year. During the first round, the agency received 361 funding requests […]
High-speed business internet service provider AeroNet announced that following an investment of more than $11 million, it won 224 3.5 GHz mid-band spectrum licenses through a Federal Communications Commission auction. The licenses cover more than 80% of Puerto Rico, company officials said. AeroNet, one of the top winners at the auction, aims to “continue its […]
The Federal Communications Commission today approved $237.9 million in funding over three years to “expand, improve, and harden” mobile broadband networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Specifically, in Stage 2 of the “Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund” and “Connect USVI Fund,” the FCC authorized $233.9 million to three carriers serving Puerto Rico […]
The Puerto Rican Telecommunications Alliance sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai asking him to take notice of the local legislature’s “attempt to tax the internet and broadband internet access services.” The Alliance — which groups internet, television and telephony services providers Aeronet, Claro, Data Access, Liberty Puerto Rico, Neptuno, Optivon, VPNet, […]
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