Liberty Puerto Rico to pump $70M into local, USVI network this year
March 2, 2021
As it moves into serving more than 1 million new wireless customers through its acquisition of AT&T, Liberty Puerto Rico will be investing close to $70 million to integrate the networks and systems. Liberty took over the wireless carrier’s assets on Oct. 31, 2021, after which it began the process of managing and merging both […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico reports $624M in revenue for ’20; $296M in 4Q20
March 1, 2021
Saying that the “integration of AT&T’s Puerto Rico and USVI operations [are] progressing well,” Liberty Latin America announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Puerto Rico, generated $624 million in revenue during the 12 months ended Dec. 30, 2020, representing a 9.9% increase year-over-year. In its latest financial report, Liberty Puerto Rico was also attributed $296 million […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico launches new ‘Liberty Delivers’ service
February 17, 2021
Liberty Puerto Rico announced it is launching Liberty Delivers, a new delivery service available for the company’s current residential and business customers at no extra cost. The new service delivers replacement or additional equipment to customers’ homes or businesses in less than an hour, the company said. Through Liberty Delivers, customers can receive replacement or […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico will not raise rates in ’21, will expand 5G services
February 8, 2021
Liberty Puerto Rico vowed not to raise fees for its internet, television and telephony services in 2021, President Naji Khoury said in an email sent to customers over the weekend. “Despite the investment we made to expand our network and the yearly increase in programming costs from television channels, we are absorbing a great amount […]
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Op-Ed: Liberty Puerto Rico wraps up ‘challenging year’ on positive note
December 29, 2020
This year brought us tough challenges and major achievements. Looking back, I feel very proud of our employees and how we handled this historic year. We shifted our operating model quickly and adapted to a new and completely unexpected scenario. Overall, Liberty was very successful in providing connectivity and entertainment when it was most needed. […]
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Liberty: AT&T network, service continue to deliver 1 month into transition
December 7, 2020
One month after it officially acquired AT&T’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Liberty Puerto Rico gave an update on the integration process, saying that the wireless network continues to perform “very well, and service has not been impacted.” Liberty is moving full speed ahead with 5G deployment in […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico gets Foundation for Puerto Rico’s 2020 Partners for Good Award
November 23, 2020
Liberty Puerto Rico was one of seven companies that received the 2020 Partners for Good Award from Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR) in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), it announced. The company was honored for its efforts to aid Puerto Rico’s recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane María in 2017, the earthquakes that […]
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Liberty’s parent co. ‘raring to go’ on building upon its AT&T acquisition
November 9, 2020
A few days after closing its $1.95 billion all-cash acquisition of AT&T Puerto Rico’s local and U.S. Virgin Islands assets, Liberty Latin America is “raring to go” on building upon what the new assets will bring to local subsidiary Liberty Puerto Rico. In a conference call to discuss its third quarter results, Liberty Latin America CEO […]
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Liberty Latin America adds 1M new customers as part of AT&T acquisition
November 3, 2020
Liberty Latin America completed its acquisition of AT&T’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands over the weekend, in a deal worth $1.95 billion and that will add more than 1 million wireless subscribers and contracts to the new owner’s footprint. The deal also includes AT&T’s estimated 1,300 employees; network […]
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Liberty, Claro get $127M in FCC funding to blanket island with broadband
November 2, 2020
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 […]
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Liberty gets go-ahead to buy AT&T’s assets, but must divest some B2B operations
October 26, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice gave its consent to Liberty Latin America’s acquisition of AT&T’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands but required Liberty to sell off certain B2B operations that are part of their footprint in Puerto Rico. Liberty Latin America expects a preliminary court order in the […]
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Liberty, ICE reinforce partnership on cybersecurity awareness during pandemic
October 8, 2020
Liberty Puerto Rico is reinforcing its partnership with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Child Exploitation Investigative Unit to raise awareness of the need for cybersecurity education during the COVID-19 pandemic due to higher risks of solicitation and cyberbullying through social media. To achieve this goal, Liberty Puerto Rico will continue to feature a […]
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Liberty Communications gets ‘B+’; Outlook Stable rating from Fitch
September 30, 2020
Upon confirming Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC’s recovery from the 2017 hurricanes, including the improvement of its financial profile, and the restoration of service, Fitch Ratings has affirmed all of the company’s ratings, including the Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B+’. Fitch also affirmed the ‘BB-‘/’RR3’ ratings on the company’s secured […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico officially unveils next-generation Hub TV service
September 16, 2020
Liberty Puerto Rico announced official the launch of its new video product, Hub TV, following several months of testing the next-generation service. Developed through a partnership between Liberty Latin America (LLA) and TiVo, the internet protocol television console uses the full cloud-based TiVo platform to give customers a hyper-personalized multimedia entertainment experience. This service is […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico wins Ookla broadband speed test for 4th straight year
August 19, 2020
For the fourth year in a row, Liberty Puerto Rico has received the 2020 Speedtest Award as Puerto Rico’s “Fastest Fixed Network,” the company announced. Liberty won the title this year with a Speed Score of 52.94, which is well above Liberty’s 47.08 Speed Score last year and that of other internet service providers on […]
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