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Puerto Rico (793 words) |
 | Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea. |
| Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States in the Spanish-American War, after Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico to the victorious Americans under the Treaty of Paris (1898). |
| Puerto Ricans have been American citizens since 1917, and as such are free to live anywhere in the United States; similarly, all Americans have the right to migrate to Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico Telephone Authority (PRTC) (557 words) |
| On 5/4/94, Puerto Rico Telephone Company and Puerto Rico Communications Corporation merged into one operating company--Puerto Rico Telephone Company--with two study area jurisdictions: Puerto Rico (assigned COSA PRPR, which was also assigned for the operating company COSA) and Puerto Rico Central (PRCC). |
| On March 2, 1999, GTE Holdings (Puerto Rico) LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GTE International Telecommunications, Incorporated, which is an affiliate of GTE Telephone Operating and GTE System Telephone Companies (GTE Corporation), acquired a controlling interest in Puerto Rico Telephone Company (approximately 40 percent). |
| In a petition to the Commission, Telecommunications of Puerto Rico, Inc. is seeking to remain subject to rate-of-return regulation or to further extend the required time for its conversion to price cap regulations beyond July 1, 2001. |
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