More Fiber Optic Investments in PanamaFriday, June 25, 2010 Columbus Networks will invest $2 million to lay 100 km of fiber optic cable underground in Panama City. The company plans to install a cable line that will run under the Southern Corridor road. It also owns the fiber optic cable known as ‘Arcos’, and has an ownership stake in another major communications cable, the one called Maya. Internet Shopping Increases in GuatemalaThursday, October 24, 2013 So far in 2013, internet sales amounted to $80 million, 23% more than in 2012. This was explained by Jorge Gomez, Guatemalan representative in the Latin American Business Courier Confederation. During 2012 Guatemala's eCommerce activities reported revenue of $65 million. Honduran Airports Will Have Free InternetThursday, January 13, 2011 Through a partnership between Digicel and Aeropuertos de Honduras, the four airports will have free internet service. The agreement also includes installation of recharging cell phone towers. Costa Rica Lags Behind on InternetWednesday, April 15, 2015 The country's loss of competitiveness because of the deterioration of basic infrastructure development, is replicated in the case of the internet where average speeds are only 2.8 Mbps, far from the world average and below that of most countries in the region. Costa Rica stands out in Central America for the quality and volume of goods and services related to technology which it produces and exports. Panama Doubles Free Internet SpeedThursday, August 19, 2010 From yesterday the country increased the connection speed of the National Internet Network (RNI in Spanish) to one megabyte. The director of the government's innovation authority (AIG in Spanish), Pablo Ruidíaz, stated that the increase in connection speed does not add any costs to the original project. Costa Rica Authorizes 125 Internet CafésFriday, November 6, 2009 The Telecommunications Superintendency has authorized 125 cybercafés for providing internet access. Among the country's provinces, San José leads with the most authorizations, 56, followed by Alajuela with 19, Heredia with 15 and Cartago with 14. Costa Rica: Amnet to Offer its Own Internet ServiceMonday, March 1, 2010 Starting this week the company will offer its own Internet connection service, after years of carrying Racsa’s service through its cable network. Both companies, Amnet and Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (Racsa), landed an agreement under which each customer will decide with which company they want to stay. Telefonica Invests $100 million in NicaraguaFriday, November 4, 2011 The Spanish company has announced the investment of $100 million for the expansion of mobile phone and internet coverage. The director of Telefonica - Movistar in Nicaragua stated that the investment will take place over a period of three months, so they estimate that by January 2012, coverage will span the entire Nicaraguan territory. Free Internet Activated in PanamaThursday, January 28, 2010 The first phase of the National Internet Network project (“Red Nacional Internet”) was activated today, with 328 hotspots in 11 cities. The entire project aims to provide free internet access in 22 cities, via 600 wi-fi hotspots. An Internet Exchange Point for Central AmericaWednesday, December 3, 2014 Panama is proposing installing on its territory a regional IXP to reduce the cost of data transmission between Central American countries. An IXP is a piece of infrastructure which enables internet traffic to move between networks and through this interface to connect directly, without using an intermediate network. Among the advantages of an IXP are the higher availability of bandwidth and reducing costs in regional Internet traffic. Government of Panama: "Everyone to be connected by 2012"Thursday, September 4, 2008 The government has proposed the goal of having "all Panamanians connected by 2012," Minister Gaspar Tarte reported. Steps taken this month towards that goal include the approval of the law of universal access, the granting of Ministerial rank to the Secretariat of the Presidency for Governmental Innovation, and the expansion of the Infoplazas and the Connect to Knowledge networks. Costa Rica: $5.8 Million in Expanding ADSL InternetFriday, August 14, 2009 The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity purchased new systems for expanding its Advanced Internet Network. The purchase includes Cisco router processors, electronic cards, commutation equipment and power sources, among others. The provider will be GBM Costa Rica. Tender for Internet Access in SchoolsWednesday, September 19, 2012 The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out a tender $1.5 million worth of Internet access in education centers. The vendor who is awarded the contract will have to meet the following items: Costa Rica Also Lags Behind on InternetFriday, September 30, 2016 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. |
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