The Secretariat of National Defense of Honduras tenders the satellite signal upload services of the Armed Forces TV Channel, data link and Internet and insertion of the channel in the programming grid.
Government of Honduras Purchase No. LPN-002-2021-SDN:
"The basic procedures for the Satellite Signal Upload and data and internet link with a bandwidth of 30 megabits, signal insertion and TV-HD for the channel Fuerzas Armadas TV are tendered.
The Costa Rican Security Council is putting out to tender the implementation of a CCTV solution for the Transit Police delegations and retained vehicle depots.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LN-000001-0058700001:
"Requirements are for the implementation of a Telecommunications Technology System (LAN and WAN) and Closed Circuit Television for the Security of Physical and Logical Installations, in the Delegations of the Traffic Police, Road Corridors, Storage Facilities for Detained Vehicles and the Traffic Police Training School.(Turnkey).
A report by Akamai highlights an 8.4% drop in the average connection speed in Costa Rica in the second quarter compared to the same period last year.
Between late 2014 and June this year, Costa Rica fell 20 positions in the ranking of broadband Internet, surpassing only Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela. Panama recorded a slight growth of 1% in the period in question, while Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras, did not even figure in the report.
The government's proposal sets 40 goals which should be completed by 2021, focused on broadcasting, e-government, spectrum, the broadband digital divide and infrastructure.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT):
San Jose, 02 September, 2015. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), specifically the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications as a specialized technical body, presents the proposal of the Second National Development Plan for Telecommunications (PNDT) 2015-2021.
More companies are brining fiber optics to households in the greater metropolitan area of Guanacaste, promising profound changes in the market of fixed internet services.
Netsys is one of the companies which will start offering residential fiber optic services in the area of Rohrmoser, while Coopeguanacaste will be focusing on the central districts of Nicoya, Santa Cruz and Carrillo.
Costa Rica has initiated meetings to address the change to digital television looking to the Spanish company Ingenia-Telecom as neutral mediator between the government and operators.
In a forum held by the National Chamber of Radio and Television, companies operating open channels emphasized the lack of a public policy to order the transition to digital television.
There are five projects in Costa Rica attempting to set up truly fast internet networks, and all of them are hampered by bureaucracy.
An editorial in Elfinancierocr.com explains that in Costa Rica "the five projects designed to bring high speed internet to businesses and homes are stuck."
"... First of all, it begs the question, why have five projects that are so similar? The plans by Racsa, Jasec, ESPH, Curridabat, all offer an open network (available to all service providers) using optical fiber to connect households (known as Fibre To The Home or FTTH), while the ICE is planning to use fiber combined with copper to provide it's services. "
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is inviting bids for solutions for quality and experience of its IPTV, VOIP, and Mobile Services.
The state run Costa Rican Electricity company, known as ICE, located in San Jose and with the legal identity No. 4-000-042139-02, is inviting bidders to participate in Tender No. 2012-LA-000071-PROV, for the PURCHASE OF TOOLS (SOLUTIONS) FOR QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE IN IPTV, VOIP and mobile services.
Online media continues to gain ground on traditional media, by combining and offering a single product featuring the best of both.
The television industry understands that audiences are shifting towards the web as their main information source, not only at the expense of print media, but also of television.
Their strategy is also clear: they are joining the enemy, in order to reach their audiences also through the web.
CableTica, a local cable company, will install a fiber optics network to provide services to mobile telephony operators and internet television.
Parent company Televisora de Costa Rica S.A. reported they signed a contract with Ericsson to build and operate the network over the next 5 years.
“With the network, CableTica will be able to transport any type of data –including television and Internet – and will lay the groundwork for future IPTV services”, reported Elfinancierocr.com.
Amino will provide 38.000 set-top boxes to support ICE’s IPTV rollout.
The network operator plans to launch services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across the country. Amino will work closely with systems integrator ITS on the service rollout and will provide 38,000 units including its A125, A130M and A530 DVR (digital video recorder) STBs phased over the next two years.
The General Comptroller of the Republic authorized the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) to offer television via Internet.
The comptroller approved a contract between ICE and 'ITS Servicios de Infocomunicación' to acquire the technological platform.
"This service, dubbed IPTV, comprises sending a digital TV signal through the same broadband connection users have in their homes or offices", explains Nacion.com.
In the short term, the company will offer data, TV and phone services through Internet, for home and office.
The announcement is made amidst a clash between RACSA and AMNET. RACSA provides Internet transport for AMNET cable customers.
"Racsa is an internet provider, and guarantees the continuity of its service without much paperwork. We maintain our commitment to provide a reliable, high availability service", stated Mario Estrada, Racsa's Marketing Director, for newspaper La Prensa Libre.
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) awarded ITS the Internet TV bid which had previously been awarded to Huawei.
According to the article published in elfinancierocr.com, the project had been awarded to the Chinese company Huawei on January 23 because it made the lowest bid ($15.5 million).
The article then stated: "The recommendation to award the award of the bid to ITS (ITS Servicios de Infocomunicación SA) was sent to the bids area of the ICE's supply director last March 13. This bid has a cost of $26 million."
Chinese business has accumulated a total of $266 million in contracts with the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
With very aggressive pricing policies, Huawei has positioned itself in Costa Rica as the leader in the provision of networks and cellular telephone systems. This leadership position enhances its ability to obtain bids currently under way, such as for the 200 radio bases that ICE needs to acquire.
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