Puerto Rico’s internet adoption rate continues increasing, reaching 81.6 percent during the first quarter of 2016, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Javier Rúa-Jovet said, citing statistics published by Akamai Technologies.
The President of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Javier Rúa-Jovet, has been selected by the Nominations Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to a global advisory commission in charge of overseeing the interests and viewpoints of Internet users.
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board on Friday shot down the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s claims that the regulator lacks jurisdiction in a fight over rates and access to public utilities launched last year by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board has set the ball rolling on an initiative to gather data from the island’s broadband providers to define the sector’s contributions to the economy, with results expected to be ready in a year, agency President Javier Rúa-Jovet said Wednesday.
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Board is heading a collaborative effort with the Baltasar Garzón International Foundation, headed by Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, to educate local judges and attorneys on human rights in the Internet era.
The Puerto Rico Senate confirmed Thursday the appointments of attorneys Javier Rúa-Jovet and María Milagros Reyes as president and associate member, respectively, of the Puerto Rico Telecommuncations Regulatory Board.
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