Claro Puerto Rico
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Claro Puerto Rico | |
| Predecessor | Puerto Rico Telephone Company (Telefónica de Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico Communications Corporation (Autoridad de Comunicaciones) |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Headquarters | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico |
| Revenue | $1.2 billion USD |
Number of employees | 4,649 |
| Parent | ITT Corporation (1920–1974) Government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico (1974–1998) GTE (1998–2000) Verizon Wireless 2000–2007 América Móvil (2007–present) |
| Subsidiaries | CoquiNet Corporation, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. |
| Website | claropr |
Claro Puerto Rico is the largest telecommunications service provider 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 and wireless services for the island residents and businesses. It was founded by the Behn brothers, Sosthenes and Hernan in 1914. Originally, Puerto Rico Telephone Company eventually spawned ITT Corporation, which was founded by Sosthenes Behn. The company was a public corporation of the government of Puerto Rico for many years until the majority stakes were acquired by GTE in the mid-1990s. It was a subsidiary of Verizon Communications until it was fully acquired by América Móvil in 2007.