Research In Motion, a Canadian maker of BlackBerry phones, said the problems that have been affecting users were caused by the failure of one of its servers.
A press release by Research In Motion reads:
"The problems with delays in messaging and navigation that some BlackBerry users are experiencing is due to a failure in the core switching infrastructure at RIM (Research In Motion).
It is the first country in Central America to use Fourth Generation (4G) technology for data transmission on mobile phones.
A press release from Claro reads:
“Panama, August 9, 2011 .-
Claro, a leading telecommunications company in Central America, presents the first fourth generation 4G mobile network based on HSPA + technology which will allow its customers to increase the transmission speed of data for browsing and downloading content via a mobile Internet service either by using their cell phones or by logging onto a computer or laptop with a 4G modem.
Telecoms companies should cut their package prices to enable mass Internet access.
"While Latin America is one of the regions with most cell phones (three for every PC), the reality is that the telcoms companies are still conspiring to limit the inevitable growth in using them for web-access."
The article by Alexandre Hohagen in Martesfinanciero.com comments that the way to universalise Internet access is via low cost mobile platforms such as netbooks and inteligent phones, but most importantly by offering more economic payment plans including unlimited connection.
The first quarter century of our lives is a clear frontier in how we behave, and must be taken into consideration when designing advertising campaigns.
A study by Retrevo, which attempted to establish if Social Networks can become addictive, also confirmed large differences between people under and over 25 on how they relate with general media and social media.
In 2015 Central America will sell $2 billion in paid television and broadband services, both wireless and cable.
A report from consulting company Signals Telecom foresees a battle in broadband services, as the average speeds offered in Central America are below South American and Caribbean averages.
They also expect competition to cause improvements in 3G coverage, and the introduction of more added value services.
Mobile applications offer new and huge opportunities for customer – company communications.
Vertiginous increase in mobile phone coverage has coupled with increased sales of smartphones, which enable the use of 3G or 4G applications. Companies may benefit from this applications to communicate better and cheaper with their customers.
Elfinancierocr.com remarks that “the use of smartphones and applications is moving from being a business opportunity an obligation for companies, as it was having Internet presence 10 years ago or being in Facebook today”.
ICE's directors ratified an agreement to free a portion of the radio spectrum, to be auctioned between future telecomm operators.
This was confirmed by Elbert Durán, communication director at the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE).
"The institution will immediately free 4 of the 6 bands requested by the Executive. They are: 1.730-1.805 MHz, 1.825-1.920 MHz, 1.920-1.935 MHz and 2.125-2.170 MHz", reported Nacion.com.
The accord previously announced by the Executive, meant to free several bands of the radio spectrum, is being blocked by bureaucratic obstacles.
If this agreement, negotiated by the Executive and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (current holder of the telecomm monopoly in Costa Rica), is not enacted, President Oscar Arias cannot order the Telecomm Superintendence to start auctioning the frequencies.
Costa Rica's mobile telephony market won't be open to competition until 2011.
In the past 10 years, Costa Rica has been losing what was a privileged position in telecommunications. Statistics from the International Telecommunications Union show that the country, with 1.800.000 mobile phone subscribers, is ranked 160th in the list of 225 countries.
With 42 mobile phone lines per 100 inhabitants, Costa Rica is way below its Central American neighbors. Panama has 115, El Salvador 113, Guatemala 109, Honduras 85, Nicaragua 55. In the American continent, only Cuba and Haiti fare worse.