Why Puerto Rico?

Government

•United States to achieve goal of bringing pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturing back to American soil
•Significant job creation opportunity within Puerto Rico
•Innovation will lead to solutions for local legacy issues in energy, agriculture and natural disaster detection/ recovery
•Puerto Rico will become an innovation leader in all LATAM

Private Sector

•Allow companies to de-risk 5G investment and implementation through testing environment
•Operational efficiencies realized in Advanced Manufacturing will allow local economy to repair from within
•Founding Members will get an inside look at companies developing impactful use cases for 5G technology
•Data metrics established within the lab will benefit companies looking to improve operations

Academia

•IP Creation at the University level

•Retain pipeline of top talent from various Puerto Rico universities

•Dedicated research support leading to discovery of most valuable use cases for Puerto Rico and beyond

•Create frameworks and standards for evaluating the impact of nascent 5G technology

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