ULTRACOM — or Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR) in

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— is a

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s corporation that manages satellite and submarine communications cable systems connected to

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. It is jointly owned by PREPA.Net and Telefónica S.A. The corporation was formed in 1992 after the

government of Puerto Rico The government of Puerto Rico is a republican form of government with separation of powers, subject to the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States.Puerto Rico Telephone Company Claro Puerto Rico is one of the largest telecommunications services company in Puerto Rico. It is headquartered in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and has operated for almost a century offering voice, data, long distance, broadban ...

and needed to split its assets in order to comply with anti-monopolistic laws. In February 2008, PREPA.Net acquired

Puerto Rico Telephone Claro Puerto Rico is one of the largest telecommunications services company in Puerto Rico. It is headquartered in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and has operated for almost a century offering voice, data, long distance, broadband, directory publishing ...

's share in ULTRACOM for an undisclosed amoun

ULTRACOM manages earth stations, a

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cable station, and a digital

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station from which it provides domestic and international services to long distance

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s and foreign administrations. The corporation currently manages the landing points in Puerto Rico of the undersea cable systems of AMERICAS-I,

AMERICAS-II AMERICAS-II is a fiber optic submarine communications cable that carries telecommunications between Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana (both throug ...

ANTILLAS I ANTILLAS I is a fiber optic submarine communications cable that extends between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It has been in service since June 1997 and is operated on a common carrier basis. ANTILLAS I uses digital channels operating at ...

, and

ARCOS-1 The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curaç ...

External links

ultracompr.com
- official site. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ultracom Telecommunications companies of Puerto Rico 1992 establishments in Puerto Rico Joint ventures Companies established in 1992 Telefónica