Imports of cell phones have grown by 10% over the past 5 years, going from $57 million in 2010 to $63 million in 2015.
Figures provided by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com show that imports of cell phones measured in tons increased from 342 to 455 between 2010 and 2015. According to the Foreign Trade report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua,"... this product occupies first place in imports of durable consumer goods".
Mobile applications offer new and huge opportunities for customer – company communications.
Vertiginous increase in mobile phone coverage has coupled with increased sales of smartphones, which enable the use of 3G or 4G applications. Companies may benefit from this applications to communicate better and cheaper with their customers.
Elfinancierocr.com remarks that “the use of smartphones and applications is moving from being a business opportunity an obligation for companies, as it was having Internet presence 10 years ago or being in Facebook today”.
Nokia presented two new smart phones (with advanced functions) that it will distribute in Costa Rica.
The N95 as well as the E71 can connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi and by using the telephone network (GPRS and EDGE).
They can also play multimedia files and can take high quality pictures and videos.