The Costa Rican Security Council is putting out to tender the implementation of a CCTV solution for the Transit Police delegations and retained vehicle depots.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LN-000001-0058700001:
"Requirements are for the implementation of a Telecommunications Technology System (LAN and WAN) and Closed Circuit Television for the Security of Physical and Logical Installations, in the Delegations of the Traffic Police, Road Corridors, Storage Facilities for Detained Vehicles and the Traffic Police Training School.(Turnkey).
The government's proposal sets 40 goals which should be completed by 2021, focused on broadcasting, e-government, spectrum, the broadband digital divide and infrastructure.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT):
San Jose, 02 September, 2015. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), specifically the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications as a specialized technical body, presents the proposal of the Second National Development Plan for Telecommunications (PNDT) 2015-2021.
More companies are brining fiber optics to households in the greater metropolitan area of Guanacaste, promising profound changes in the market of fixed internet services.
Netsys is one of the companies which will start offering residential fiber optic services in the area of Rohrmoser, while Coopeguanacaste will be focusing on the central districts of Nicoya, Santa Cruz and Carrillo.
The telecommunications company Yota has made complaints to Procompetencia of Nicaragua against America Movil, citing "media obstructions."
According to Informe Pastran: "Nicaragua's Procompetencia confirmed this afternoon that it has received an allegation from an operator in the telecommunications market for alleged unfair competitive behavior ... Although Procompetencia has not said so publicly, Informe Pastran is aware that the complaint comes from the transnational company YOTA who denounced Mexico's America Movil, operating here under the brand name Claro, in a new chapter in the war between foreign phone companies, now for the control of Internet customers ... According to Article 46 paragraph b) of Act 601, the accused party could be sanctioned if the indicated anticompetitive behaviour proves to be true... ”
CableTica, a local cable company, will install a fiber optics network to provide services to mobile telephony operators and internet television.
Parent company Televisora de Costa Rica S.A. reported they signed a contract with Ericsson to build and operate the network over the next 5 years.
“With the network, CableTica will be able to transport any type of data –including television and Internet – and will lay the groundwork for future IPTV services”, reported Elfinancierocr.com.
Amino will provide 38.000 set-top boxes to support ICE’s IPTV rollout.
The network operator plans to launch services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across the country. Amino will work closely with systems integrator ITS on the service rollout and will provide 38,000 units including its A125, A130M and A530 DVR (digital video recorder) STBs phased over the next two years.