In 2016, Costa Rica registered just over $3.3 billion in exports of services through means of technology, information and communication networks.
Of the total value exported, 88% corresponds to large companies, although there is also a significant participation of micro-enterprises (7%). The remaining 5% is shared between medium and small companies.
The Ministry of Finance and the state run power company ESPH have been denounced for anti competitive practices in the tender for an electronic invoicing system.
After the Ministry of Finance convened an ultra fast tenderand received only two bids for $27 million and $8 million to develop an electronic invoicing system, the union of technology companies has filed a complaint alleging anti-competitive practices.
On October 30th and 31st companies from the sector will gather together in San Jose to discuss issues such as internet governance, mobility and telecom investment.
Taken from Expotelecom.net:
For 2014. the 6th edition will be held again at Real Intercontinental Hotel located in Escazu.
Expo - Telecom since its inception in 2009, has been known for putting on a show featuring the industry's latest innovations, quality exhibitions and is a place where visitors will find interactive booths with new products, where the architecture displays the image of each of the exhibitors, highlighting the strengths of the various products on display.
The fact that companies from the sector have invested about $250 million to settle in the country, is characterising Panama as a strategic center for data storage in America.
According to Eduardo Jaen, head of the Panamanian Authority for Government Innovation (AIG), the majority of these firms offer their services to banking and telephony companies in Central America and the Caribbean, and "Panama has found a safe haven for their data ".
Investments by Panama are resulting in it being positioned next to Chile in the 2013 Information Technology ranking by the World Economic Forum.
The availability of free internet nationwide in 'infoplazas', the provision of computers with Internet access to schools and the implementation of e-government, has allowed Panama to advance its use of new technologies in Latin America.
The Nicaraguan government has announced it is to hold a meeting with representatives of the multinational company to evaluate investment possibilities.
The announcement was made by Vicepresident, Jaime Morales Carazo, in an interview with Canal 12: "After a long absence, IBM's interest in returning to Nicaragua seems to be back".
"The Vice president indicated that IBM has re-evaluated Nicaragua's situation and seems to have found positive reasons to resume its operations in the country," reports EFE.
Honduras is the market with the most potential for direct sales while Costa Rica is the best for strategic alliances.
The Export Promotion Agency of El Salvador presented a study on the software industry in Central America and the main conclusions are contained in an article in elsalvador.com.
According to the article, the main buyers of software products and services are "multinational corporations, banks and financial institutions (traditional and nontraditional), telecommunications companies, government and SMEs which are in the process of modernization."