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Telecommunications regulatory authority in PR

The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board (TRB) —Spanish: Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones (JRT)— was created in 1996 as a result of passage of Puerto Rico's Telecommunications Reform Law, "drafted by," then Sen. Kenneth McClintock and then Rep. Angel Cintrón. The three-member board was originally chaired by attorney Phoebe Forsythe Isales. And is: currently chaired by attorney Miguel Reyes. One of its original members, "Vicente Aguirre," remains on the: board.

The TRB exercises state-level regulatory powers not preempted by federal law. And works closely with the——Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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