PAR Technology Corporation announced Thursday that its subsidiary, Rome Research Corporation, has been awarded a $5.2 million subcontract from Delta Solutions & Strategies, LLC.
In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday decided to expand its Lifeline Universal Service Program, which currently subsidizes voice telephone service for low-income households, to allow those households to use the program to lower the cost of broadband service.
The Senate’s Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications Committee on Thursday evaluated the appointment of Gladys A. Maldonado-Rodríguez as associate member of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board.
Software giant Microsoft on Thursday announced it has certified locally-owned telecommunications provider WorldNet to offer the “Skype for Business” product, which extends to organizations and government entities a complete unified communications solution, combined with the security, expertise, and support that businesses require.
Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Javier Rúa-Jovet announced Monday the start of a series of free workshops to provide digital education to the island’s senior citizen population residing in 33 towns.
Two years after making its debut in the Puerto Rico market, Washington-based Solavei has found success through its first-of-its kind social networking and commerce platform that enables customers to sign up for mobile voice and data services at a fraction of the competition’s cost.
Telecommuncations company Claro Puerto Rico and the St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort and Golf Club announced an agreement by which the former will provide the residents of Bahía Beach its television and fiber optic broadband services with speeds of up to 150 Megas for Internet service.
Telecommunications service provider Claro and the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association signed a collaborative agreement Tuesday that will facilitate exchanging information on new technologies specially designed to increase the business sector’s productivity.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund has awarded $31.6 million to provide new broadband access to 40,736 homes and businesses throughout Puerto Rico, during a round of funding announced Thursday.
Attorney Javier Rúa-Jovet will be sworn-in as the fourth president of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board today, ushering in a new chapter for the agency that’s a few years shy of marking 20 years of overseeing one of the island’s most important economic sectors.
Representatives from Puerto Rico’s telecommunications sector presented a united front Tuesday against the proposed elimination of the business-to-business tax exemption, saying “far from helping the island solve its fiscal problems, it will trigger a double-digit increase in the price of products, services, operating expenses and the cost of living in general.”
The Puerto Rico Telecommunication Regulatory Board has granted authority to Dallas-based Blue Jay Wireless, LLC as an “eligible telecommunication carrier,” to offer wireless service to qualified low-income residents under the Lifeline Program, company officials announced Thursday.
Claro Puerto Rico on Wednesday became the first carrier on the island to launch subsidized broadband Internet services for low-income customers, in line with a pilot program the Federal Communications Commission announced late last year.
A bill seeking to increase the number of associate Telecommunications Regulatory Board members and change the lengths of their tenures from the current three, five and seven-year terms to four years has passed in the House and Senate, paving the way for major changes at the agency.
There was never a dull moment for Puerto Rico’s telecommunications and technology sectors, which have been seemingly unscathed by the island’s economic woes. Companies continued to invest aggressively in their networks throughout 2012 to launch new next-generation products and services.
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