BROWSING: Costa Rica

Liberty Latin America CEO: 'Panama as an important digital hub for the region' Liberty Latin America’s subsidiary business, Cable & Wireless Panama, has agreed to purchase América Móvil’s Panama operations, expanding its footprint in the country. The deal, which values the unit $200 million, is...

Intel plans to invest $600 million, up from $350 million, in the chip manufacturing plant As a result of the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors, Intel this week revealed that is has nearly doubled a previously proposed investment in a micro-chip plant in Costa Rica...

The greater the number of competitors, the better for the user, said Brazil's minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, to members of the press this week. Those comments came on the heels of Telefónica's bid to buy Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT. Telefónica hopes to combine its Vivo operations, which...

The advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to bid in the auction that will enable LTE deployment in the country. The participating telecom operators are: Telefónica Móviles (Movistar),...

Costa Rica's superintendent of telecommunications, Sutel, announced that the Spanish group El Corte Inglés won the bidding process to serve and administer number portability in the country. Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters Operators and suppliers now have two months to sign...

Full Móvil, the No. 2 mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Costa Rica behind TuYo Móvil, began to operate in September 2011. Sebastián Haedo, Full Móvil's director, talked with Signals Telecom News, an RCR Wireless News syndication partner about the company's wireless operations Follow RCR...

It has been a few years since the end of the telecom sector monopoly in Costa Rica. The Superintendent of Telecommunications Sutel says ending the monopoly has led to great advances for the country's mobile industry. The mobile telephony penetration rate jumped from 42.38%...

América Móvil's Claro and Telefónica's Movistar, new entrants to Costa Rica’s wireless market, have appealed to the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (Minaet) to extend their network rollout deadline. Local paper El Financiero reported both telecom operators said they are facing difficulties installing...

Intel says it will invest $80 million in its manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, this year. The investment is both to modernize equipment in order to produce 22-nanometer processors and to maintain the infrastructure of the Belén, Heredia, plant. Follow RCR Wireless News – Americas...

The Costa Rican unit of Spanish telecom giant Telefónica filed a complaint Dec. 20 with Costa Rican telecom regulator Sutel against state-owned operator Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). Telefónica, which operates under the Movistar brand, accused ICE of anticompetitive practices in promotions for prepaid...

Much of Latin America can now access Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store as the company launched its music store today in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. The iTunes Store in Latin...

Global Tower Partners, a U.S.-based provider of outsourced antenna site facilities, announced the purchase of 250 towers from Centennial Towers CR, SRL. The towers were constructed and are currently occupied by the major wireless telecommunications operators in Costa Rica. GTP also acquired a significant...

Costa Rica's telecom monopoly is coming to an end. The nation's telecommunications regulator Sutel has granted mobile operators Claro (Carlos Slim’s América Móvil) and Telefónica’s Movistar the mobile numbers they requested in August and September. Now, they are able to start operations in the...

Panduit, a developer and provider of leading-edge solutions, announced it has expanded its Costa Rica unit to focus on high technology products. The company didn’t reveal how much had invested in the unit, but said it plans to add 500 new jobs, which is...

Inside Costa Rica | May 16, 2011 The contracts are now signed and by the end of the year and for the first time in Costa Rica there will be a choice of cellular carrier. In December, Costa Ricans will be able to choose their...

Inside Costa Rica | May 16, 2011 The contracts are now signed and by the end of the year and for the first time in Costa Rica there will be a choice of cellular carrier. In December, Costa Ricans will be able to choose their...

BNAmericas | March 24, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Costa Rica is likely to reach mobile penetration of 100% in three years, boosted by the entrance of new competitors América Móvil (NYSE: AMX) and Telefónica, which won licenses for the newly liberalized market this year, Maryleana...

Business News Americas | January 28, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski The Latin America division of US chip manufacturer Intel (NYSE: INTC) plans to shuffle more budget toward innovation efforts this year, the company's Latin America general director, Steve Long, told BNamericas without providing hard figures. Intel...

Inside Costa Rica | January 17, 2011 Before the end of this year Costa Ricans will have an opportunity, for the first time ever, to choose who their cellular...

Reuters | January 7, 2011 | Alex Leff Jan 7 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's telecoms regulator on Friday awarded licenses to Spain's Telefonica and Mexico's America Movil to become the first private firms to provide mobile service in the country's relatively...

TeleGeography | Costa Rica | Monday, 20 December 2010 Costa Rican telco Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is seeking a partner to assist with its wireless network operations, with the aim of allowing it to better compete with the soon to be licensed alternative providers. The...

By Alex Leff | SAN JOSE, Costa Rica | Reuters * First bids to end Costa Rica state-run telecom monopoly * Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica in running Mexico's America Movil and Spain's Telefonica placed bids on Tuesday to offer cell phone service in Costa Rica, pushing the...