 By the 1990s, the PRTC was donating US$100 million each year to the government and gave free service to Puerto Rico's public schools.In February 1990, Governor Hernández Colón – serving his third and final term – proposed the sale of the PRTC to Bell Atlantic (which merged with GTE in 2000 to create Verizon Communications).Hernández Colón suggested that proceeds from the sale would go toward public education and improved infrastructure.