FCC, REGULATEL sign MOU to manage regional efforts
February 27, 2015
The Latin American Forum of Telecommunications Regulators, known as REGULATEL, and the Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau recently signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a cooperative relationship between both organizations to direct regional initiatives.
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Agencies join to battle $5M-a-year copper theft problem
January 27, 2015
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the Puerto Rico Police Department signed an agreement Monday to step up the fight against copper theft, which represents about $5 million in annual losses for public and private sector companies.
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Telecom Board opens Liberty/Choice deal for comment
January 21, 2015
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board has opened for public comment the petition submitted by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico to buy Choice Cable TV, and fold the latter’s franchise license into its local operation, this media outlet confirmed.
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Liberty vows to better services for Choice Cable clients
December 11, 2014
Less than two years after picking up the assets of the former OneLink cable system in the greater San Juan area, Liberty de Puerto Rico announced Wednesday its intention to buy the only other cable provider left on the island, Choice Cable in Ponce.
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Telecom Board launches tech workshops for seniors
November 11, 2014
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.
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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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Gov’t to deploy broadband in Santurce via unused pipes
August 20, 2014
Two government agencies, the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, signed a collaborative agreement Tuesday to develop new broadband infrastructure that will initially be deployed in San Juan’s Santurce sector.
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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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182K ex-Centennial clients to split $1M in suit settlement
June 11, 2014
A group of 182,442 customers of the defunct Centennial de Puerto Rico will be splitting about $1 million after winning a class-action suit against the carrier that is now part of AT&T Puerto Rico over improperly collected municipal tax fees from July 2009 to December 2009.
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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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Rúa-Jovet sworn-in as Puerto Rico Telecom Board chief
July 1, 2013
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.
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Puerto Rico Telecom Board has new president, member
June 28, 2013
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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Blue Jay Wireless OK’d as eligible telecom carrier in Puerto Rico
May 3, 2013
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.
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