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Founded in 2014, the Puerto Rican Telecommunications Alliance (PRTA)<\/strong> represents telephone, internet, data, and television service companies, as well as providers that are part of the telecommunications industry in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

PRTA<\/strong> members offer services for residential and business customers in wireless and wired telecommunications, broadband internet access, television services, data networks, cloud services and related information services. In addition, we have service providers such as builders and operators of communications infrastructure networks, including towers, small cells and fiber, among other suppliers. This includes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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more than 700,000<\/span> fixed connections, 3.4 million<\/span> wireless connections and 1.8 million<\/span> Internet access points.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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PRTA<\/strong> member companies provide advanced communication services of the highest quality, to guarantee local, national, and global connectivity through a robust infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The telecommunications industry is a vital segment of Puerto Rico\u2019s economy, in which PRTA<\/strong> members make a positive and significant impact. In the past six (6) years alone, the industry has invested $4 billion in physical and technological infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Our members have contributed an average $543 million annually in state and municipal taxes over corporate income, in addition to the income tax paid individually by employees. In context, our industry produces approximately $3.75 billion annually, or 5.4% of Puerto Rico\u2019s National Gross Product (NGP) at its current rate. It employs more than 9,000 people with an estimated payroll that is upwards $91.3 billion each year, which are injected back into the economy and have a multiplying effect. In 2012, the average annual salary for employees in Puerto Rico was $24,905, while the telecommunication industry\u2019s annual salary averaged $41,714.<\/p>\n

We firmly believe that the government must be a facilitator rather than a competitor of the private sector. Our members are committed to providing excellent service and to invest in Puerto Rico. This initiative includes the encouragement of establishing new businesses and creating new jobs. Also, we emphatically support the export of software<\/em> and telecom-related goods and services.<\/p>\n

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To serve our members in the telecommunications industry through the promotion of loyal competition, and advocate for an optimum setting for the industry\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The alliance will be the main promoter and representative for the telecommunications industry and will ensure that the government acts as a facilitator for its growth.<\/p>\n

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Pedro G. Andr\u00e9s-L\u00f3pez, President
\nLcda. Wanda P\u00e9rez-\u00c1lvarez, Vice President
\nEnrique Ortiz de Montellano, Secretary
\nMar\u00eda Virella, CPA, Treasurer
\nFelipe J. Hern\u00e1ndez
\nGino Villarini
\nAndr\u00e9s M. Ramos
\nV\u00edctor J. Su\u00e1rez Mercado
\nFernando Cobi\u00e1n<\/p>\n

Denise M. Berlingeri-Rivera, Esq
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Founded in 2014, the Puerto Rican Telecommunications Alliance (PRTA) represents telephone, internet, data, and television service companies, as well as providers that are part of the telecommunications industry in Puerto Rico. PRTA members offer services for residential and business customers in wireless and wired telecommunications, broadband internet access, television services, data networks, cloud services and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2926","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":105,"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alianzatelecom.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}