The announcement was made by the Director for Costa Rica, Jorge Abadia, adding "We wont have the 100% coverage that we would like from the first day but we will achieve it."

The contract signed with the government establishes a term for full operations within the Greater Metropolitan Area up to July 2012, and complete coverage in the rest of the country up to 2016.

"The director of the Spanish company said that some districts are providing space for towers, but not all that are required.

The percentage of coverage that the company will have when operations start will be announced when the network is put into operation", published Nacion.com.

Source: Nacion.com

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