Information & Communication Technologies Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Costa Rica) Internet Telecomunications liberalization internet access Costarican Institute of Electricity CallMyWay Telecommunications Voice over Internet Protocol WorldCom North American Internet IT & Telecomm Radiográfica Costarricense S.A. TicomTicom, Inc voice over ip Amnet Telecommunications

ICE Opens Up Its Telecommunications Network

Costa Rica’s state-owned electricity and telecommunications provider has interfaced its network with Ticom and CallMyWay, two telecom companies offering VOIP services.

Friday, July 16, 2010

The two companies are the first to be interfaced after presenting their requests to the Costa Rica's Telecommunications Regulator (SUTEL).

Elfinancierocr.com reports that ICE stated that, “the linking of the networks has been carried out under protest in order to comply with the SUTEL instruction. ICE considers that the regulator has resorted to procedural illegalities in order to force the interfacing of these two companies”.

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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internet access voice over ip Voice over Internet Protocol

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Countries

Costa Rica

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State Telecom Not Taking Advantage of IP Telephony Market

October 2013

In Costa Rica the growing business is led by Tigo which has a 78% market share, Callmyway with 16%, Telecable with 5% and other companies with just 1%.

Recent studies by the Sutel show that the use of internet telephony has been making great strides. "While in the fourth quarter of 2010 there were 10 VoIP connections, two years later there were 18,144 such connections," explains Pablo Fonseca in Nacion.com.

New Company offers IP Telephone in Costa Rica

March 2011

CallMyWay, a Costa Rican company, lanched an Internet Telephony Service (IP).

Local calls to landlines or cell phones will keep the same rate as the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, but international calls will have lower rates and calls between the company's customers are free.

There is Competition in IP Telephony and Internet

June 2009

The first six companies to compete with state-run ICE in the telecommunications market have been authorized in Costa Rica.

The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) gave the green light to allow the companies to offer telephone over IP and Internet services.

According to La Prensa Libre de Costa Rica, the president of the Sutel Council, George Miley, said: “Today is a historic day for Costa Rica and especially for telecommunications. This is the first act that effectively opens the telecommunications sector. The authorization of these six companies, and the many more to come, provide a positive signal that will attract investment to this important area of the economy, at a necessary time for our country.”

Ticom and Amnet processing permit to operate in Costa Rica

February 2009

These two companies, along with WorldCom, are the first three to request authorization from Sutel to offer telecommunications services.

Mercedes Aguero writes in an article on Nacion.com: "According to the new law which regulates the telecommunications sector, any company that offers services for which they receive payment must have the approval of Sutel.