Editing Telecommunications in Puerto Rico

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'''Telecommunications in Puerto Rico''' includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Broadcasting in [[Puerto Rico]] is regulated by the [[Federal Communications Commission|US Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680 "Puerto Rico profile"], ''BBC News'', 23 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.</ref>

==History==
Telegraph service was inaugurated in 1869, responding to an 1864 order by Spanish Governor Felix Maria Mesian.<ref>Eduardo Neumann Gandia, "Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1987, p. 121.</ref> By 1872, the entire island had telegraph service as well as international connections to the rest of the Caribbean and Europe.<ref>Eduardo Neumann Gandia, "Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1987, p. 121.</ref>

The Puerto Rico Communications Authority ({{lang|es|La Autoridad de Comunicaciones de Puerto Rico}}) was created with Law No. 212, on May 12, 1942. Five years later, the department was located at 1314 [[Avenida Juan Ponce de León|Juan Ponce de León Avenue]] in [[Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Santurce]].<ref name="History" />

== Radio ==
[[File:Edificio del Telégrafo en 1314 Avenida Ponce de León, Santurce, Puerto Rico.jpg|thumb|The {{lang|es|Edificio del Telégrafo}} in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was built in 1947.<ref name="History">{{cite web | title=Edificio del Telégrafo | date=2013-05-08 | url=http://artdecopr.org/PRADS/Telegrafo.html | language=es | publisher=Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Arquitectura Histórica|access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref>]]
{{See also |List of radio stations in U.S. Territories#Puerto Rico |l1=List of radio stations in Puerto Rico}}

* [[Radio broadcasting|Stations]]: 140 radio stations (as of January 2015).<ref name="fmfcc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071957/http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html|url-status=dead|title=FM Query - FM Radio Technical Information - Audio Division (FCC) USA<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="amfcc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825063614/http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html|url-status=dead|title=AM Query - AM Radio Technical Information - Audio Division (FCC) USA<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>

== Television ==
{{See also |List of television stations in Puerto Rico}}
[[WIPR-TV]] ("Wonderful Island of Puerto Rico") was inaugurated on January 26, 1949.<ref name="History" /><ref>{{cite web | title=WIPR: "La Maestra de la Televisión" que sigue transformando la vida de jóvenes  | website=WIPR | date=October 18, 2019 | url=https://wipr.pr/wipr-la-maestra-de-la-television-que-sigue-transformando-la-vida-de-jovenes/ | access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Television broadcasting|Stations]]: more than 30 TV stations operating; three stations of the [[American Forces Network|US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service]]; cable TV subscription services are available (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/> 
* [[Television set]]s: 1.0 million sets (1997).{{update after|2014|1|8}}

== Telephones ==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico}}
[[File:Monumentohistórico.oficinadetelégrafo.jpg|thumb|Historic building which is now a Telephone and Telegraph museum in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]
* [[Calling code]]-[[area codes]]: +1-787, +1-939<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ "Communications: Puerto Rico"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 9 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.</ref>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''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.</ref>
* Main lines: 780,200 lines in use, 87th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* Mobile cellular: 3.1 million lines, 130th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* System: modern digital system integrated with that of the [[United States]] (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: [[Intelsat]] with high-speed data capability (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>

== Internet ==
[[Hurricane Maria]] destroyed the internet systems in Puerto Rico in September 2017.<ref name="Hurricane Maria">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-internet/|title=After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's Internet Problems Go from Bad to Worse|website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> 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.<ref name="FCC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-invests-950-million-improve-broadband-puerto-rico-usvi|title=FCC Invests $950 Million to Improve Broadband in Puerto Rico, USVI|date=September 26, 2019|website=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>

* [[Top-level domain]]: [[.pr]]<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 1.9 million users, 92nd in the world; 51.4% of the population, 83rd in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: available to 65% of Puerto Ricans (2012).<ref name=NBM-PuertoRico>[http://www.broadbandmap.gov/summarize/state/puerto-rico Puerto Rico summary], National Broadband Map, 31 December 2012.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: available to 98.7% of Puerto Ricans (2012).<ref name=NBM-PuertoRico/>
* Available broadband technologies as a percentage of population: 48.2% DSL, 0.1% Fiber, 59.6% cable, 84.7% wireless (2012).<ref name=NBM-PuertoRico/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 469 hosts, 184th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-PuertoRico-2013/>
* [[IPv4]]: 1 million addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 250.2 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
* [[Internet Service Provider]]s: 19 ISPs (1999).{{update after|2014|1|8}}

=== Internet censorship and surveillance ===
{{See |Internet censorship in the United States}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}

* [[Economy of Puerto Rico]]
* [[Internet Exchange of Puerto Rico]]
* [[Media of Puerto Rico]]

== References ==

* {{CIA World Factbook |year=2013}}
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325065430/https://nic.pr/about_nic.asp About NIC.pr], the registrar for the .pr top-level domain name.
* [http://www.isocpr.org/en/about Internet Society Puerto Rico]
* [http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/puerto-rico Federal government grants to expand broadband Internet access in Puerto Rico], Broadband USA.
* [http://www.broadbandmap.gov/summarize/state/puerto-rico Puerto Rico summary], National Broadband Map, 31 December 2012.
* [http://www.radiopr740.com Radio Puerto Rico]
* [http://www.endi.com El Nuevo Dia]
* [http://www.tutv.puertorico.pr WIPR-TV 6 & WIPM-TV 3]

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