Online Research Prior to ShoppingWednesday, May 26, 2010 Women still do the bulk of home shopping, and more and more of them research online before doing so. A study by iVillage/SheSpeaks in the U.S. details how women are changing their shopping habits, detailing that a shopping tour begins at the PC, where they check existing offers and promotions through the Internet. They decide where to shop depending on what they find. Latin American Buyers Go OnlineWednesday, August 11, 2010 Internet usage in Latin America is rising steeply and consumer purchasing patterns are being ever more influenced by the web. In an article on Altonivel.com.mx, Google's general manager for Latin America, Alexandre Hohagen, comments that, "it is true that e-commerce in the region has somewhat lagged behind in comparison with more developed countries but the gap is closing and today there is evidence of a multi-channel purchasing dynamic when acquiring products or services". 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. Costa Rican Telecom's Company Seeks Business in Central AmericaWednesday, February 21, 2018 Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is evaluating the Salvadoran market to determine if there is an opportunity to establish itself as a new broadband operator. The state telecommunications company already has a presence in Nicaragua, where in conjunction with the state company Enatrel, it operates the company Telecomunica, which provides internet and television services. 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. 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. How Quickly Do We "Travel" on the Internet?Monday, January 13, 2014 In Panama it is up to 5.12 Mbps, in Nicaragua 3.53, in Honduras 3.43, Guatemala 3.32, in El Salvador 3.10, and in Costa Rica up to 2.81 Mbps. The data has been provided by Speedtest.net, which based on download speed controls made by million of users, maintains a ranking of 188 countries according to the average download speeds in Mbps over the past 30 days where the average distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles. 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. Nokia Launches Innovation ContestWednesday, January 13, 2010 It will award the best mobile applications in the following categories: ecology, productivity, improving the quality of life and entertainment. Good ideas are a dime a dozen, or so the saying goes. But now a single good idea could be worth a million dollars (USD). Nokia has announced a million dollar venture challenge to encourage innovators to create a mobile product or service that raises the standard of living or enhances the lives of those in growth economies. The Growth Economy Venture Challenge is part of Nokia's global Calling All Innovators competition announced on January 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
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Furniture: Potential Demand in Central AmericaFriday, July 24, 2020 In the region's countries, nearly 6 million people are looking online to buy some type of home furniture, and of this group of consumers, approximately 13% explore options for purchasing beds or bed frames. The interactive information system developed by CentralAmericaData, monitors in real time the changes in consumer habits in all markets of the region, with fundamental information to understand the new commercial environment that has emerged in an accelerated way. 40% to 50% more e-Commerce in Latin AmericaFriday, September 18, 2009 The economic crisis hasn't stopped the rapid growth in Internet commercial transactions. Brazil, Argentina and Mexico report the highest e-commerce growth in Latin America, according to analysts participating in the conference "The next generation Internet V.3.0 Economy". 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: Panama has 8.2% internet accessMonday, January 12, 2009 The penetration of internet is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, lower than countries such as Guatemala and Costa Rica. Data Internet World Statistics. |
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