The tension that has been brewing in recent months among the Telecommunications Regulatory Board members over Puerto Rico Telephone/Claro’s cable franchise license petition escalated another notch late last week, when the agency sued Associate Member Nixyvette Santini in San Juan Superior Court.
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce will sponsor next month the “Puerto Rico Telecom Conference 2011: The New Future,” through which it seeks to give participants a chance to exchange ideas on telecommunications technologies, achieving greater Internet access, and how going online can help companies to grow, reach new markets, and innovate.
Concerned about a possible “loss of balance” at the Telecommunications Regulatory Board, a coalition of telecom companies expressed their collective concern Thursday over the appointment of Gloria Escudero Morales as associate member.