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Launch of Blackberry Storm in Panama

On April 22, the smart-phone was officially launched in Panama, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The BlackBerry Storm™ cellular phone will be available in May through four mobile phone operators. The price, not including the service, will be around $600 and $750.

David M. Añón, director of Channel Marketing in Latin American for Research In Motion (RIM), commented to Padigital.com.pa: "Panama has become a center of economic and commercial importance where users seek state-of-the-art technology in a single device."

Source: pa-digital.com.pa

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The Cell Phone Market in El Salvador

June 2013

A survey entitled Hogares 2012 has revealed that 90.53% of Salvadoran households have a cell phone, spending at least $10.53 a month on mobile phone communication.

This percentage is 2.08% higher than in 2011 when it 88.45% of the population possessed a cell phone. The survey reveals that mobile spending shows growth, going from $9.72 per month in 2011 to $10.53 in 2012.

+Móvil Hits 2.6 Million Cell Phone Lines

July 2009

Cable & Wireless mobile operator, +Móvil, sold 75.000 cell phones in June 2009.

"+Movil cell phone market share is 57%, and competes with Telefónica, Digicel and Claro Panamá", said Roberto Mendoza, the company's executive director of Corporate Affairs.

+Movil 2.5 million users send 17 million short text messages each month.

Panama: Strong Competition in Cellular Telephone Services

April 2009

The four mobile phone companies will compete for the market with heavy promotions and aggressive strategies in Panama.

Competition between Digicel, Telefónica Movistar, +Mobile Cable & Wireless and Claro in order to attract more customers with prepaid service plans has increased.

BlackBerry seeks greater participation in Guatemalan market

October 2008

Canadian brand BlackBerry is looking to increase its participation in Guatemala, in the segment of "Professional" individual users.

Oscar Castellano, director of business affairs for Research In Motion Limited (RIM), the distributor of the device, said that last quarter they sold 2.6 million units worldwide, of which 1.6 million were acquired by professionals and the rest by the corporate (business) segment.