Telecom Board says 94% of P.R.’s antennas have been restored
February 14, 2018
The president of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Sandra Torres, said at a public hearing that currently 2,509 of the 2,659 antennas that provide telecommunications services in Puerto Rico are operational, representing 94 percent.
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Wireless connectivity at 33% capacity, COWs arrive
September 30, 2017
Puerto Rico’s wireless telecommunications service is at 33 percent capacity, as carriers continue working 24/7 to restore the island’s connections to the world as soon as possible, executives said.
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Sprint reportedly finalizing acquisition of Open Mobile
January 31, 2017
Wireless carrier Sprint is reportedly in the final stages of acquiring competitor Open Mobile in what would be the first major change in Puerto Rico’s telecommunications landscape this year, two sources confirmed to this media outlet.
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Claro, Piloto 151 join to back start-up tech community
May 27, 2016
Telecommunications provider Claro and Piloto 151 announced Thursday a partnership to provide Puerto Rico’s technological start-up community the infrastructure, mentoring and training needed for their growth, representatives for both companies confirmed.
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Birch buys Primus Telecom in Canada, U.S., P.R.
March 15, 2016
Birch Communications Inc. announced Monday its recent agreement to purchase select assets and customers of Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. The transaction will also include 20,000 customers in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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20 years later, Telecom Reform Act delivers on promise
February 16, 2016
The telecommunications industry is marking the 20th anniversary of the Telecom Reform Act of 1996, which in Puerto Rico sparked unprecedented levels of competition in a sector formerly dominated by a single carrier and astronomical calling rates.
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REGULATEL backs MOUs reached by PR with regulators
November 11, 2015
The Latin American Forum of Telecommunications Regulators (known as REGULATEL for its initials in Spanish) confirmed unopposed a pair of agreements of understanding reached with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the Federal Communications Commission under the tenure of its chairman, Javier Rúa-Jovet.
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Claro freezes telecom service rate for the rest of 2015
February 20, 2015
Telecommunications service provider Claro announced Thursday it will freeze all of its mass market rates for wireless and fixed telephony, Internet and television services “in solidarity with the consumer’s economic situation.”
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Broadband adoption up across island, but gaps remain
November 19, 2014
Home broadband adoption in Puerto Rico increased by 15 percentage points between 2010 and 2014, surging from 31 percent to 46 percent of adults using the service, according to Connect Puerto Rico’s 2014 broadband survey results released Tuesday.
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Telecom Board voicing need for transatlantic teamwork
October 16, 2014
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board is taking an active role in the international arena, voicing a need for greater transatlantic coordination and collaboration efforts to benefit markets across the globe, which stand to gain a lot from existing and emerging technologies.
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TRB joins 3-1-1 government services info call center
September 18, 2014
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board this week became the newest public agency to join the government’s 3-1-1 central call center to provide orientation to Puerto Rico citizens on available services.
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TRB to help Puerto Rico entities request FCC funding
September 8, 2014
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board will be working with local entities interested in presenting proposals to the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Broadband Experiments program, which has $100 million available to assign across the U.S. and its territories.
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Puerto Rico to host regional telecom conference
August 4, 2014
Puerto Rico will host this year’s annual Latin American Forum of Telecommunications Regulators convention in November, when industry representatives from the region will convene to discuss and seek solutions to current issues.
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800 families in Corozal to access broadband service
May 21, 2014
Telecommunications provider Claro de Puerto Rico announced Tuesday the first project developed with the $31.5 million it received from the Connect America Fund, that will enable 800 families in the mountain town of Corozal to access broadband Internet for the first time.
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Telecom execs: PUC is ‘not viable option’ for island
March 26, 2014
Last Thursday, the Puerto Rico senate approved a substitute bill that consolidated several of the measures that had made the leaders of the telecommunications industry unanimously oppose any possible changes to Law 213, known as the Telecommunications Law.
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