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Competition in Telecommunications Put to Public Consultation

If the Sutel's proposal is approved, on December Costa Rica will eliminate the tariff regulation for the international telephone, internet and postpaid cellular telephony markets.

Friday, October 7, 2016

From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel):

The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel), has started a process of public consultation of the technical analysis of the telecommunications markets.

In this technical proposal 11 new telecommunications markets are defined at the national level. Having identified these markets the level of competition prevailing in each of them was analyzed.

Read full proposal (in spanish): https://sutel.go.cr/audiencias/publicas

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Costa Rica: Liberation of Telephony and Mobile Internet Rates

August 2017

If the proposal put forward by the Superintendence of Telecommunications is successful, the rates for telephony and mobile internet will be free of regulation.

The proposal to declare effective competition in the mobile phone market will put to public consultation for the next 15 days.

Telecoms in Costa Rica: Liberate Mobile Rates

May 2015

Six years after the market opened, authorities are assessing whether competition is effective in order to eliminate caps and free up rates for mobile telephony and the internet.

The methodology for determining whether or not there is effective or genuine competition in the telecommunications market has already been approved and the Telecommunications Regulator expects to have the results no later than the end of the year.

Costa Rica: Lack of Data on Quality of Cellular Services

February 2015

The information presented by the Telecommunications Authority does not allow consumers to compare the quality offered by different operators.

Data published by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) through a virtual map on its website does not specify in detail the quality of the calls, and the coverage of operators in specific parts of the country.

Telecommunications Market in Costa Rica

July 2014

The Superintendency of Telecommunications in Costa Rica has presented its second statistical report for the period 2010-2013.

From the report by SUTEL:

General Development of Sector

Five years after the adoption of the General Telecommunications Law, No. 8642, evaluation of sector performance shows positive results in revenue, investment, employment, population coverage and diversification of telecommunications services.