españolOutsourcing in El SalvadorWednesday, April 14, 2010 El Salvador is located close to the United States and Canada and in their same time zone, and offers competitive prices when compared to neighbors Mexico, Panamá or Costa Rica. Such conditions make it an attractive location for outsourcing services, call centers and BPO. Still, El Salvador has much to do to take advantage of these conditions. New Cable Operators in PanamaMonday, November 30, 2009 9 companies are currently installing coaxial and fiber optic networks to provide their services in the country. According to data from public services authority ASEP, these enterprises are: Compañía de Comunicaciones, Corporación de Frecuencias, Technical Information Group, Very-Cable, Panama Telecom, Hi-Tech Cable Panama, Mocatel Tecnology, International Contact Center and Advanced Communication Network. Mobil Satellite Technologies expands in the Americas with IntelsatTuesday, October 14, 2008 The telcom company has acquired satellite capacity in order to expand its services in Central America, the Caribbean and North America. Mobil Satellite Technologies uses Intelsat satellites to provide broadband services to homes, cars, and disaster command centers and the miltary. Business ContinuityThursday, May 3, 2012 From 21st to 22nd May the Latin American Conference on Business Continuity and Information Security will take place in Costa Rica. National and international experts will analyze and discuss the key pieces to improving the business continuity program, technologies and data integrity in businesses. This will take place during the Second Latin American Conference on Business Continuity and Information Security to be held in Costa Rica on 21st and 22nd May at the Hotel Radisson Europa. $42 Million for Geothermal Energy in GuatemalaMonday, May 25, 2009 ORMAT Technologies received funding for the development of Phase II of Amatitlán geothermal plant. ORMAT provided its own funds for the development, initial project construction and well drilling. The power plant currently generates approximately 17MW ,and it is expected to reach its design capacity by the end of the second quarter of 2009, after the connection of a recently drilled well. Akamai Technologies Announces Costa Rican OperationsThursday, November 15, 2012 The U.S. cloud computing company has announced that it will open a contact center in Costa Rica. Scheduled to begin operations in 2014, the center will provide technical support and customer services to Latin America and will initially employ 50 people. Sensient to Open Costa Rica FactoryTuesday, December 15, 2009 The multinational company, which manufactures colors, flavors and fragrances, will serve Central America and the Caribbean from Costa Rica. Sensient Technologies' operation in the country will comprise research and quality control, in addition to developing products for Central America and the Caribbean. Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica and Panama.
Guatemala seeks order in land rightsWednesday, May 21, 2008 The second phase of a project to create a reliable land register for Guatemala begins next month. The project includes 55 municipalities and will cost 550 million quetzals (US$74 million), which is coming from foreign loans. José Manuel Álvarez, the register's director, said the aim was to provide legal certainty over property rights in land by means of a system that is both efficient and accessible. Company Profile
State of the art Web application development. Tegra Medical Acquires Costa Rican PlantWednesday, June 30, 2010 The medical devices company acquired Pen United Technologies’ manufacturing operations in San José, Costa Rica, at Global Park tax-free trade zone. The contract manufacturer bought the 20,000-square-foot facility from Penn United Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of metal components and assemblies. Storm and Volcano Damage Guatemalan Geothermal PlantTuesday, June 8, 2010 Amatitlan geothermal plant, a 20-megawatt facility, was damaged by the ash cloud of Pacaya Volcano and was shut down. The plant is owned by Ormat Technologies, who decided to shut it down after the eruption of Pacaya Volcano on May 28th. This event, in addition to Agatha tropical storm, caused partial damage to the facility, with no reported casualties. Costa Rica: Lines Contract Awarded to Huawei AnnuledThursday, February 19, 2009 The Comptroller’s Office rejected the awarding of a total of 2.5 million prepaid lines for cellular and land line telephone systems, granted to the Chinese Huawei Technologies. Vanessa Loaiza in her article in Nacion.com writes: "The news was transmitted at the end of the afternoon in electronic version in the newspaper El Financiero. According to this medium, the rejection was given because Huawei initially offered a total of $10.1 million for the pre-paid lines and then later applied a discount that left its offer at $6.4 million." Costa Rica: Pre-Paid Cell Phones Continue On HoldMonday, February 23, 2009 The Comptroller’s Office of the Republic ordered ICE to analyze if the price offered by Huawei Technologies would permit it to comply with the contract. Esteban Oviedo in an article of Nacion.com writes: "The controlling institution revised the order passed last Monday, when they annulled the awarding of the contract to the Chinese company. This happened after the business lowered its initial price and offered a discount of almost 40% (of $3.7 million). Huawei wins appeal in Costa Rica on prepaid phone serviceFriday, October 31, 2008 The prepaid telephone service that was assigned to Ericcson for $12.2 million was canceled due to an appeal by Huawei Technologies. The Costa Rica Institute of Electricity (ICE), the regulatory organ for telecommunications in the country, granted the contract to Ericcson Costa Rica last July that will allow the company to market 2.5 million prepaid fixed and cellular lines. |
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