The implementation of the terms of Law 280, which established a mandatory prepaid mobile phone registry, has been postponed indefinitely, News is my Business learned Thursday.
While members of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board remained mum on the two-against-one internal battle going on at the agency that lead to a lawsuit at San Juan Superior Court last week, an industry executive spoke out Thursday, saying among other things, the problems were foreseeable.
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.
Following the government’s promise to establish a free internet center in each municipality, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres inaugurated Thursday new facilities that will offer free Internet access to more than 2,200 Juana Díaz residents.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Board is still in the early stages of developing the regulations necessary to enforce Law 280 that mandates creating a mechanism to register and track customers buying prepaid handsets in Puerto Rico, agency President Sandra Torres said Thursday.
The apparent customer discontent related to AT&T’s decision to throttle speeds for heavy data users signed up to unlimited plan unleashed a stream of phone calls and emails to the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, which fielded about 120 of them between Wednesday and Thursday, News is my Business learned.
The arrival of television-via-broadband could happen this quarter, as Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro) had mapped out, after the U.S. District Court dismissed complaint filed by OneLink Communications opposing the manner in which the license to launch the service was granted.
OneLink Communications and Choice Cable TV will face off against the Telecommunications Regulatory Board in federal court this week over the agency’s decision to grant Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro) a cable television franchise license to offer Internet Protocol television services, which the cable providers claim is illegal.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Board recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art $36,000 Internet center in Gurabo, the fifth town to have such a facility designed to continue bridging the digital divide in rural areas.
The New Year may usher the start of Internet Protocol TV in Puerto Rico, if Claro succeeds in negotiating the cable television franchise agreement recently obtained from the Telecommunications Regulatory Board.
Telecommunications Regulatory Board Associate Member Nixyvette Santini filed a scorching dissenting opinion to the agency’s decision to grant Puerto Rico Telephone the cable franchise license it has been seeking since 2008, saying among other things that the order “is unfounded and lacks a responsible analysis that would look out for protecting the public interest and competitive environment.”
The rollercoaster ride that began three years ago when Puerto Rico Telephone requested an islandwide cable television license from the Telecommunications Regulatory Board has seemingly come to a stop, with a decision by the agency to grant the petition.
New Progressive Party Rep. José Chico filed late Tuesday a resolution ordering the House Government Affairs Committee to launch a probe into alleged irregularities by a number of Telecommunications Regulatory Board members that resulted in blocking the cable television franchise license requested by Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro).
The island’s five wireless carriers will be ready to implement the Commercial Mobile Alert System in April, making it possible for them to send simultaneous messages to all of their customers on the island related to any emergency situation.
Less than 24 hours after the Telecommunications Regulatory Board made public a resolution and order that seemingly granted the cable television franchise license Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro) has been seeking since 2008, agency President Sandra Torres said Friday the decision is “null” because its content is radically different from what was discussed earlier this year.
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