Telecommunications in Puerto Rico
Template:Short description Telecommunications in Puerto Rico includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Broadcasting in Puerto Rico is regulated by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[1]
History
Telegraph service was inaugurated in 1869, responding to an 1864 order by Spanish Governor Felix Maria Mesian.[2] By 1872, the entire island had telegraph service as well as international connections to the rest of the Caribbean and Europe.[3]
The Puerto Rico Communications Authority (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was created with Law No. 212, on May 12, 1942. Five years later, the department was located at 1314 Juan Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce.[4]
Radio
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Television
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- Stations: more than 30 TV stations operating; three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service; cable TV subscription services are available (2007).[8]
- Television sets: 1.0 million sets (1997).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Telephones
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- Calling code-area codes: +1-787, +1-939[8]
- International call prefix: 00[9]
- Main lines: 780,200 lines in use, 87th in the world (2012).[8]
- Mobile cellular: 3.1 million lines, 130th in the world (2012).[8]
- System: modern digital system integrated with that of the United States (2011).[8]
- Satellite earth stations: Intelsat with high-speed data capability (2011).[8]
- Communications cables: provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America (2011).[8]
Internet
Hurricane Maria destroyed the internet systems in Puerto Rico in September 2017.[10] Then in 2019, the US Federal Communications Commission stated $950 million had been approved for the rebuilding and strengthening of Puerto Rico's and the Virgin Island's internet infrastructure.[11]
- Top-level domain: .pr[8]
- Internet users: 1.9 million users, 92nd in the world; 51.4% of the population, 83rd in the world (2012).[12][13]
- Fixed broadband: available to 65% of Puerto Ricans (2012).[14]
- Wireless broadband: available to 98.7% of Puerto Ricans (2012).[14]
- Available broadband technologies as a percentage of population: 48.2% DSL, 0.1% Fiber, 59.6% cable, 84.7% wireless (2012).[14]
- Internet hosts: 469 hosts, 184th in the world (2012).[8]
- IPv4: 1 million addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 250.2 addresses per 1000 people (2012).[15][16]
- Internet Service Providers: 19 ISPs (1999).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Internet censorship and surveillance
See also
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References
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- ↑ "Puerto Rico profile", BBC News, 23 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ Eduardo Neumann Gandia, "Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1987, p. 121.
- ↑ Eduardo Neumann Gandia, "Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1987, p. 121.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i "Communications: Puerto Rico", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 9 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010)), Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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- ↑ Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" Template:Webarchive, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013
- ↑ "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
- ↑ a b c Puerto Rico summary, National Broadband Map, 31 December 2012.
- ↑ Select Formats Template:Webarchive, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
- ↑ Population, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.
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External links
- About NIC.pr, the registrar for the .pr top-level domain name.
- Internet Society Puerto Rico
- Federal government grants to expand broadband Internet access in Puerto Rico, Broadband USA.
- Puerto Rico summary, National Broadband Map, 31 December 2012.
- Radio Puerto Rico
- El Nuevo Dia
- WIPR-TV 6 & WIPM-TV 3 Template:Webarchive
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