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| Liberty | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | Cable 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 Orange Groupformerly as Correos y Telégrafos para Telefonia Puerto Rico and France Telecom de Puerto Rico |
| Founded | 1999; 26 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 |
| Owner | Liberty Latin America |
| Website | www |
Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC (d/b/aLiberty) is a telecommunications company that providesbroadband Internet access,VoIP,television and wireless services covering the entire island ofPuerto Rico (wireless inPuerto Rico andUS Virgin Islands). The company is headquartered inSan Juan and has over a milliontelevision subscribers and over 1 milliondata customers.[1][2]
Liberty Puerto Rico was created in 1999, replacing TCI Cable.
During its existence as OneLink Communications, the company was owned byMidOcean Partners and Crestview Partners, which paid $250 million in June 1998 to buy the property fromAdelphia. On June 25, 2012, it was rumored thatLiberty Global might buy OneLink for $560 millionUSD.[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 ofAT&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]
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