Systor International will be responsible for managing the porting process, which will be funded by operators of frequencies for mobile phones.
Authorities from the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel), as well as executives from the mobile operators Tigo, Claro and Hondutel confirmed that the Norwegian company Systor International will is responsible for the operation, administration and management of the central database for the number portability process.
The launch of Digicel service is part of an investment plan in which $45 million has been invested to modernize the technological infrastructure.
In the first year of execution of the the 2013-2015 Master Investment Plan $30 million will be invested and the remaining $15 million will be invested over the next two years.
José Antonio Rodríguez, CEO of Digicel El Salvador, said "we are taking a leap in technology, going from 2G to HSDPA + technology, known as 4G, which is being used in developed countries."
With an investment of $1.1 billion it will connect to Brazil, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
The company announced that it has completed the installation of a submarine fiber optic cable which guarantee services. This project will connect Brazil, Colombia, the USA, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
The Institute of Social Security has endorsed a contract, awarded without having held a tender, with Intertelco for leasing fiber optic and patient-care software .
Although it has not signed the contract with Internet Telecomunication Company of Guatemala (Intertelco) , this entity has already received an endorsement from the Board (JD by its initials in Spanish) .
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad has consolidated its leading position in the market without having to return frequencies as initially conditioned by the Telecommunications Superintendency.
Nacion.com reports: "... the company specializing in cable television and broadband internet (via cable modem) services became part of Grupo ICE as a subsidiary company." The state run telecommunications company has not yet reported the amount of the commercial transaction.
With an investment of $254 million the telecommunications satellite which is being built by a Chinese company could be ready by October 2016.
The satellite is being built by the telecommunications company "La Gran Muralla China" (The Great Wall of China)
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports: "According to the Nicaraguan authorities, the satellite intends to provide cell phone services, cable television, internet and data services and eventually provide coverage for other Central American countries."
During 2013 there were 66.834 changes in suppliers, just over 1% of the number of active lines.
The figure is a slightly up from 2012, when 58,388 users switched providers during the same months.
According to Chilean firm LookUp, Panama ranks number three in Latin America in terms of the highest percentage of portability, surpassed only by Chile and Colombia, where the number of changes of provider represent 3.23% and 1.06% of the number of active lines.
Conatel has put out to public consultation a project for a network identification codes for number portability, which will include all the numbers assigned by telephone companies in the country.
The project specifications state that the code will allow identification of service providers networks for purposes of cell phone portability, allowing users to retain their number even if they change company.
The Honduran government plans to find a partner to invest in the company through the purchase of 51% of the shares held by the state.
"We're backing the idea of the formation of a joint venture with a private investor where they will have a 51% stake, the government 22.5% of the shares, and employees who wish to will have 22.5% and 4% will be reserved for provident institutions," said Rigoberto Romero, president of the intervention commission.
After the appearance of number portability in Panama, Claro is the company that has attracted the most users, with 94,773, while only 12,396 have switched to another company.
Following this company is Movistar who "... has gained 26,517 users, Más Móvil with 26,540 and in last place Digicel, which has attracted only 17,258 users, according to a study by the polling company Ipsos" published Panamaamerica.com.pa.
In the absence of concrete plans to bail it out, the Honduran Congress has awarded an amount that will allow the telecoms company to survive for a few more months.
"These measures have the approval of the Executive, as was requested at the Legislative Budget Commission, in a form of "washing their hands" of the matter if the measure does not work", reported Laprensa.hn.
Claro, Movistar and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad are competing for a contract for telecommunications services in isolated communities.
These three operators submitted bids in a contest sponsored by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) to provide telecommunications services to residents of the communities of La Lidia, La Curia and Aguas Fría in the district of Roxana de Pococí in Limon.
The Honduran president Porfirio Lobo has disbanded the intervention commission which tried to save the state communications company using a self rescue plan.
The president of Honduras was emphatic in dismissing outright any bailout attempt, saying "Fixed telephony is disappearing and its the same case for Hondutel, the instruction given to the Commission from the beginning is that they were to see how an alliance could be made with the workers and the union because we can not take on their concerns, if this doesnt fix the problem, no government is able to sustain Hondutel because it does not make sense to subsidize a company which should be providing a benefit to the state. "
The Intervention Commission, which failed to initiate a recovery of Hondutel, has missed its deadline, and now the Honduran government has no idea how to reverse the company's crisis.
President Porfirio Lobo has expressed concern over the crisis facing the state enterprise, as the company's budget has not been approved, hindering the start an investment plan to recover it, as well as making it difficult to pay salaries.