Second place goes to Oracle with $ 48 million, followed by Ericsson AB with $ 28.5 million and Unisys of Central America in fourth place with $ 25 million.

According to the Integrated Contract Information System of the Comptroller General of the Republic, "the entity which drove these purchases was the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the only current mobile operator in the local market since the start of operations by Claro and Telefonica is expected only during the second half of 2011," informed IT NOW on their website.

Source: Revista It Now

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