The government affects the activity with bureaucratic costs of more than $3,500 for companies who want to use drones.
While in the US there is an online registration process where companies and individuals pay only $5, in Costa Rica the Directorate General of Civil Aviation does not seem to be interested in encouraging the market. An investigation of Elfinancierocr.com reveals that $1,874 has to be paid to obtain certification and to commercially operate the drones, plus $94 per license, an insurance policy for liability and damage to third parties (which is around $1,800), and a course taken whose price varies depending on the school teaching it.
In Costa Rica entrepreneurs are asking for technical education to be responsive to the actual demand of productive sectors.
Costa Rican businesses believe that in order to achieve this goal the National Training Institute must respond to the changing technical criteria and engage more with businesses.
While the National Training Institute (INA) has made efforts in staff training, the business sector believes that it must work more efficiently according to what the market is constantly demanding. "The issue has been put on the table, once again, by the Chamber of Industry (ICRC) in its proposal for the 2030 Industrial Policy ...", reported Elfinancierocr.com.
The Digital Television Regulations were published last week, with a deadline of August 6 having been set for analysis and suggestions to be made.
According to Antonio Alexandre Garcia, a broadcast operator, "the document leaves questions with respect to all existing concessions of broadcast rights which can not be modified by decree".
"The regulation does not present a channelization plan as requested by the Comptroller General of the Republic to the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications. Regarding the technical criteria for the start of digital broadcasts the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel) is still presenting a proposal with requirements that are 'not final' generating technical concerns in the sector," Garcia said.