07/07/2011

TelecoWorld: Costa Rica

Official Name: Republic of Costa Rica Capital: São José Population: 4.63 millions (CEPAL 2010) Currency: Costa Rican colón Calling Code: +506 Regulatory Agency: ARESEP Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos

 

 

The figure presents the evolution of public telephony and cellulars in Costa Rica. Source: UIT, ARESEP and ICE.

 

 

 

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	1,465	1,885	1,887	1,950	3,035	55.6%
Fixed Telephones	1,453	1,437	1,438	1,493	1,482	(0.7%)
Broadband	60	148	176	275	282	2.6%
3G	-	-	-	950	-	-

 

Densities	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Mobile Accesses/100 inhab.	33.3	42.1	41.6	40.2	65.1	52.9%
Fixed Telephones/100 inhab.	33.0	32.1	31.7	30.8	32.2	(1.2%)
Broadband/100 inhab.	1.36	3.30	3.89	5.67	6.2	3.0%
3G/100 inhab.	-	-	-	19.59	-	-

 

 

Economics Indicators

 

Economic Data	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
GDP Billions U$$	22,53	26,32	29,84	29,24	35,78
GDP Per Capita U$$	5.174	5.924	6.582	6.488	7.843
Average Inflation %	11,47	9,36	13,43	7,84	5,66
Population (Millions)	4,35	4,44	4,53	4,51	4,56

Source: FMI World Economic Outlook Database

 

 

Intituto Costarricense de Eletricidad (ICE) is the Operator of wireline and cellular (TDMA/GSM).

 

 

ICE: www.grupoice.com/esp/tele/index.html

 

 

Changes in Telecommunication Sector

Sutel, published in September of 2010, the edital that will break the monopoly of ICE, state-owned company that controls 100% of the telecom operations in Costa Rica.   About 5 companies are interested in offering mobile services in the country, Clable&Wireless, Telefônica, América Movil, Digicel and Millicom.

 

 

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