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Sustaining Puerto Rico’s international
trade is a modern and efficient infrastructure. The government is
committed to providing and maintaining fast transportation and telecommunications
services as well as efficient and modern utilities. |
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Puerto Rico’s air, sea, and land transportation system makes
it the transportation hub of the Caribbean.
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- An extensive transportation network –including expressways
and toll roads—places virtually all manufacturing and service
companies within two hours of an airport of seaport. Some 9,000
commercial trucking vehicles provide dependable service at competitive
prices.
- The San Juan seaport, at the intersection of trade routes
from North America and Europe to Latin America and the Caribbean,
is the seventh largest port in the Western Hemisphere.
- Average shipping times from Puerto Rico to North America and
Gulf ports is only three to four days; 10 days to the North American
West Coast, and 14 days to Europe.
- Transportation between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland is
deemed domestic by the U.S.
- San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín’s International
Airport ranks 22nd among U.S. airports in cargo movements. It
handles over 1,500 cargo flights weekly to and from worldwide
destinations.
- International carriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL and Airborne
as well as the United States Postal Service offer airfreight services,
including next day door-to-door service.
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A state-of –the-art telecommunications
system allows instant access to U.S. mainland and international
markets via high-speed third generation technologies. The island
is linked to the United States, Europe, South America and the Caribbean
by high-capacity undersea fiber optic cables and an extensive satellite
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- A self-healing fiber optic loop provides first-rate service
around the island.
- Long distance voice, data and video services, as well as WATS
lines (800 and 888 numbers) are offered by several providers
including
AT&T, MCI , Sprint and Verizon/PRTC.
- Wireless PCS is available from a number of local and national
venders and uses the latest digital protocols, including CDMA
2.5G, GSM, and TDMA. Carriers include Cingular
Wireless, Centennial,
MoviStar, Verizon
Wireless, AT&T
Wireless and Sprint
PCS.
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The Puerto Rico Electrical Power
Authority (PREPA) has a diversified
generating capacity of approximately 5.538 megawatts and an island-wide
grid providing industrial users with the electrical power they
need. Electricity costs vary by usage, with savings programs
available for corporations with high demand.
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The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) operates nearly
10,000 miles of water mains and aqueducts and provide waste treatment
facilities throughout the island. Water quality standards meet the
same stringent Environmental Protection Agency standards that apply
in the U.S. mainland.
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There are over 30 landfills and waste burning facilities around
the island. Prices for solid waste disposal vary by industry frequency
of collection.
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