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Bureaucracy Slows Broadband Penetration in Costa Rica

The multitude of paperwork and the Fondo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones are the obstacles preventing major progress in implementing fast internet services in Costa Rica.

Monday, May 6, 2013

"There is a significant increase (according to preliminary reports) in the number of broadband internet connections. This is despite the fact that there have been delays in major projects for the country and which could make us progress faster," said Rowland Espinoza, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications.

"These projects are the one by Racsa and the Swedish company Via Europa to create an ultra fast fiber optic network, which promises to give surfing speeds from 10 Mbps and at competitive rates, and the New Generation Open Network, known as project Range, by the ICE, combining copper and fiber technologies, " noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.

However, the biggest delay is in the initiatives to be developed with funds from the National Telecommunications Fund (Fonatel) such as connections in intelligent schools, health and community centers .

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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Transparency and Competition Vs. Enforceability?

July 2013

Costa Rica has $216 million to spend in bringing telephony and internet services to areas with no communication, a situation that causes clashes between the President and the Telecommunications Superintendency.

President Chinchilla asked the telecommunications regulator in Costa Rica (SUTEL), to award the projects to bring internet services to schools to the state telecommunications company (ICE) without a bidding process.

Costa Rica: Results of Telecommunications Opening

July 2013

Five years after the fall of the monopoly, there are more companies, more users and a greater array of services on offer, with growth of 45% in the sector's contribution to GDP.

According to data reported by telecommunications companies to the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel), the sector's contribution to the economy has grown by 45% over the past five years.

Costa Rica: Two High-Speed Networks?

September 2012

If the announcements made become a reality, there will be two fiber optic networks providing households with access to broadband digital services, with a subsidiary competing with its parent company.

An article in Elfinancierocr.com reports on the characteristics of both projects:

Telecoms Regulation in a Quagmire

May 2009

The Costa Rican Superintendent of Telecommunications has not yet approved the entry of any new operators.

With little time to adjust to its responsibilities, the Superintendent of Telecommunications (SUTEL) has already stumbled at the doorstep over its own obstacles, as well as some placed by the government, according to the opinion of industry experts.