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.
Large scale customers of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) will pay an extra 23% on their electric bill if the requested increase is approved by the regulator.
Delays in the start up of new hydroelectrical projects by the ICE and the low amount of rainfall this year are taking their toll in the form of cost increases in power generation because of the increase in purchases of bunker and diesel for power plants.
The BCR, ICE and Electrical Service Administrative Board of Cartago (JASEC) signed a trust agreement to build hydroelectric project Toro 3.
With capacity of 46 thousand kilowatts, the project involves a $ 160 million investment. It is expected to be operational in 2013.
La Prensa Libre reports, "The Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) as trustee in coordination with the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and JASEC must provide 100% of the resources of project cost, through financial structuring, which seeks an appropriate balance between placement of securities or loans with national or international financial institutions.