Liberty Puerto Rico

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Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC
Liberty
Company type Private
Industry Telecommunications
PredecessorCable TV of Greater San Juan
Adelphia Puerto Rico
OneLink Communications
TCI Cable
Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition
Pegasus Cable TV
Centennial Cable TV
Choice Cable TV
Founded1999;25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters San Juan, Puerto Rico
Area served
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands (Mobile telephony only)
Services Broadband
Telephone
Television
Mobile telephony
OwnerLiberty Latin America
Website www.libertypr.com

Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC (d/b/a Liberty) is a telecommunications company that provides broadband Internet access, VoIP, television and wireless services covering the entire island of Puerto Rico (wireless in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands). The company is headquartered in San Juan and has over a million television subscribers and over 1 million data customers. [1] [2]

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History

Liberty Puerto Rico was created in 1999, replacing TCI Cable.

During its existence as OneLink Communications, the company was owned by MidOcean Partners and Crestview Partners, which paid $250 million in June 1998 to buy the property from Adelphia. On June 25, 2012, it was rumored that Liberty Global might buy OneLink for $560 million USD. [3] The rumors proved true, as Liberty Global acquired Onelink. [4]

Liberty announced on December 27, 2012, that OneLink customers would no longer have a capped Internet; the previous limit was 40  GB per month, and it is now unlimited. Naji Khoury, executive director of Liberty Puerto Rico, said, "The use of the Internet has increased significantly in Puerto Rico and having access to it easy and rapidly has become a necessity in the daily life of Puerto Ricans." [5]

On November 7, 2013, Liberty Puerto Rico announced that it would phase out the OneLink Communications brand, as well as the Choice Cable TV brand in November 2013, replacing it with Liberty. The same day, the company introduced a new logo.

It is wholly owned by Liberty Latin America following the split of Liberty Latin America from Liberty Global effective December 29, 2017 [6] and the acquisition of the remaining 40% minority stake from Searchlight Capital partners on October 17, 2018 [7]

On October 9, 2019, Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico's parent company (Liberty Latin America), announced the acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in a $1.95 billion deal. The sale was completed on November 2, 2020. [8] In May 2021, the company began promoting AT&T and Liberty as a unified brand. On September 3, 2021, customers' phones began to show Liberty instead of AT&T as their network provider. [9] By September 27, the AT&T brand was fully phased out, coinciding with the introduction of a new logo for the company. All AT&T stores in the island were rebranded to Liberty as well. [10] [11]

Internet service upgrade history

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References

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  2. "Liberty Latin America Quarter Earnings Report" (PDF) (in Spanish). November 26, 2022.
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