Urges internet providers on the island to offer data on the impact the ACP has in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
Agency to work with FEMA to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. #NewsismyBusiness
The aid will be available until the funding allocation runs out.
Following Congressional directives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Federal Communications Commission officially launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, the $14.2 billion successor program to the Emergency Broadband Benefit which helped almost 9 million afford internet access during the pandemic. Effective now, eligible households are encouraged to apply to receive up to $30 per […]
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday invalidated the inclusion of nine new broadband Internet Service Providers — including Liberty Puerto Rico — in it’s Lifeline subsidies program, leaving an undetermined number of low-income families that could have benefited in suspense had the program gotten off the ground.
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.
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