Last year, countries in the region imported communication radios for $52 million, and Central American purchases from Mexican companies increased by 79% compared to what was reported in 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
The Panama Metro is tendering the service of preventive, corrective, aesthetic and predictive maintenance of the telecommunications equipment of Line 1, for three years.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-2-80-0-08-LP-002880:
"Lines to be contracted:
-Corrective, aesthetic and predictive preventive maintenance service of the equipment of the APIS, TETRA, SCADA, ATS systems and Third Level Support of the CCTV and Telephone System of Line 1 of the Panama Subway.
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute tenders the maintenance service and installations in the telecommunications network, for the western metropolitan region.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LI-000002-0000400001:
"The contracted service will be carried out in the established area, in the territory covered by each plant that makes up the lines, with a scope of action in exceptional cases of 60 kilometers around the limit of the contracted area.
The lack of proper infrastructure and the lack of allocation of radio spectrum are some of the reasons why it is difficult for telecommunications companies to improve Internet connection or lower prices for services.
Internet operators in Costa Rica face adversities to improve service and provide better prices to consumers, including the deficit of appropriate infrastructure.
The mergers and acquisitions being reported in Central America are largely because not all companies in the region are willing to make the heavy investments that the transition to 5G technology will require.
The most recent register of the sale of assets of one of the Central American competitors is the case of Telefónica, which on January 24 reported that for $648 million it sold to América Móvil all the shares of Telefónica Guatemala and 99.3% of Telefónica El Salvador.
Liberty Latin America plans to establish a new operations center in Panama City, from where it will coordinate the company's activities at the Latin American level.
The company reported they selected Panama because they plan to take advantage of its economic stability, its profile as a logistics hub in the region and its great physical and digital connectivity.
The percentage of the population with Internet access in Central America increased 17% between 2016 and 2018, increasing from 44% to 61%.
Data from the report "Internet in Central America 2018", compiled by the Commercial Trade Area of CentralAmericaData:
Currently, Costa Rica is the Central American country with the highest proportion of households with Internet access, with 77% of the total, followed by Panama with 67% and Honduras with 31%.
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is evaluating the Salvadoran market to determine if there is an opportunity to establish itself as a new broadband operator.
The state telecommunications company already has a presence in Nicaragua, where in conjunction with the state company Enatrel, it operates the company Telecomunica, which provides internet and television services.
Over the next two years, Cable & Wireless plans to invest $220 million in strengthening infrastructure for mobile telephony and switching over from copper to fiber optics.
The announcement was made by the president of Liberty Global, owner of Cable & Wireless since 2016.
"...Mike Fries said in a press conference that the new investment will be made to reinforce the infrastructure of mobile telephony, switch from fixed copper to fiber optic networks, boost services for companies and for the government."
Of the 752,952 customers who in the past five years migrated from one provider to another in search of better quality and service, 94% correspond to mobile phones.
From a statement issued by the National Public Services Authority:
Five years after the implementation of Number Portability in Panama, figures show that to date 752,952 customers have migrated from one provider to another looking for a better quality of service and the best deals.
Cable Onda S.A., Cable & Wireless Panama and Liberty Technologies won the 4 year contracts to implement the service of nationwide public internet access in Panama.
Thetenderaims to provide WiFi Internet Access Points in three regions and a system for administration of the network. The winning companies were Cable Onda, S.A., Cable & Wireless Panama, S.A. and Liberty Technologies Corp., for a total amount of $21.6 million for the next four years, distributed as follows:
The Colon Free Zone is putting out to tender renewal of the main infrastructure of the electronic system to report commercial movements and the expansion of the same system for the Colón Free Port.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-2-96-0-03-LA-007574:
"The Administration of the Colon Free Zone wishes to hire a company for the 'technological renewal of the electronic system for declaring commercial movement (DMCE)' in order to maintain DMCE services, updating the platform, increasing the capacity of the system and minimizing disruption of electronic exchange of documentation for international trade.
Since its implementation, the number of mobile phone users who have switched operators amounts to 340,000 and in the case of fixed telephony, to 34,000.
From a statement issued by the Public Services Authority of Panama (ASEP):
Three years after its implementation, the number of mobile phone users who have successfully completed the transaction and benefited from Number Portability amounts to 339,000, while for fixed telephony successful transfers total 33,706.
Details from a report given to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the company's activities in the six Central American countries during the first quarter of 2014.
Operating revenues in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) during the first three months of 2014 increased by 12.1% compared to the first three months of 2013.
Government investment in infrastructure for information and communication technology lays the foundation for growth in the sector.
A study by Oxford Business Group has analyzed the impact that public investment has had on the sector of information and communication technologies, prompting the arrival of international companies who want to exploit the potential of the sector but encounter barriers, such as a shortage of skilled labor.