Attorney Javier Rúa-Jovet will be sworn-in as the fourth president of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board today, ushering in a new chapter for the agency that’s a few years shy of marking 20 years of overseeing one of the island’s most important economic sectors.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile, one of three local companies chosen by the Federal Communications Commission to increase broadband adoption and retention among low-income consumers, has announced the start of its subsidized mobile Internet access pilot program, through which it expects to benefit some 3,000 Puerto Rico residents.
The Federal Communications Commission is looking to expand the availability of in-flight broadband connectivity to airline passengers by proposing the establishment of an air-ground mobile broadband service system to communicate with planes, while taking advantage of technical innovations to expand sharing of certain spectrum among users.
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