There's an urgency to upgrade devices to next-generation networks.
Wireless provider AT&T has debuted its helicopter Flying COW, to provide data, voice, and text services to customers as it works to restore its Puerto Rico network, which Hurricane María virtually destroyed when it made landfall on Sept. 20.
AT&T announced Tuesday the addition of four new cell towers and capacity to hundreds of cell sites so far this year, helping customers get faster, more reliable wireless service in Puerto Rico.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is weathering Puerto Rico’s protracted economic slump by keeping an ear to the ground on consumer needs for quality services at affordable rates, developing a “pro-consumer” brand as a result.
Telecommunications provider Claro de Puerto Rico will wrap up 2014 with a total of $100 million in capital investments in its fiber optic network, mobile infrastructure and application development — among other improvements — to be able to offer customers “the best cutting-edge technology” available, company President Enrique Ortiz de Montellano said Tuesday.
AT&T announced Wednesday it has upgraded 15 St. Croix and St. Thomas cell sites to expand 4G LTE coverage and capacity for customers.
As part of its continuing network investment and ongoing 4G LTE rollout, AT&T has added three mobile Internet cell sites in Vega Alta, Toa Baja and Cayey to expand its 4G LTE coverage for area residents and businesses, the company announced this week.
A month after launching its “contract-free” business model, T-Mobile announced a new $20 million investment to upgrade its Puerto Rico 4G LTE infrastructure and add 100 new jobs to its payroll, a high-ranking parent company executive said Thursday.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile announced Tuesday part of its plans for this year, which include adding jobs, expanding its 4G LTE network and expanding its portfolio of products and services, including a new equipment protection and trade-in program for its Puerto Rico customer base.
Puerto Rican mobile service provider Open Mobile has signed a multi-year agreement to renew existing services and to add services provided by Florida-based to better serve their LTE customers.
Wireless carrier AT&T announced Monday it has added extra capacity to 28 cell sites in St. Thomas and St. Croix; upgraded five sites in St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix with LTE technology; and activated a new cell site in St. Thomas in its ongoing efforts to enhance the wireless capacity and coverage of its mobile Internet network available in the neighboring island chain.
Telecommunications provider Claro Puerto Rico announced Monday the expansion of its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network to nine more municipalities in Puerto Rico, totaling 18 new additions in just seven weeks.
Wireless carrier Claro announced Monday the inclusion of nine additional Puerto Rican towns into its high-speed 4G LTE network, through which clients can reach transmission speeds of up to 50 megabits per second through their mobile devices.
Wireless competitors AT&T and T-Mobile announced expansions to their Puerto Rico 4G LTE networks, which for the latter carrier also represented adding new jobs in the area of customer service.
AT&T Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has turned on its 4G LTE service in Jayuya, to deliver the latest generation of wireless network technology to that part of the island.
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