Costa Rica: Two Bids for Cellular Market

America Movil (Claro) and Telefonica (Movistar) were the only ones to submit their cell phone service offerings.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

By January 19th, 2011, the Evaluating Commission will open the bids and report to the Superintendence of Telecommunications (Sutel), after analyzing technical issues.

Through a spokesman, Cable & Wireless reported it will not participate.

"Although present, Digicel Group Limited did not submit its bid," Elfinancierocr.com reported. "Tigo (Millicom), meanwhile, said in a press release that after several months of study and analysis decided not to participate in the bid process."

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