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Articles tagged with: Instituto Costarricense De Electricidad
Costa Rica Asks GSM Subscribers to Switch Off their Phones this Weekend
This weekend, the Costa Rican mobile network operator, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is asking its subscribers to turn off their phones on Saturday night as it switches its network from older infrastructure to a newer platform. more
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Digicel Interested in Costa Rican Mobile License
Caribbean mobile operator Digicel is planning to bid for a mobile operator license in Costa Rica when the licenses are sold next year. Thee tender for the licenses will be launched in September, with the first mobile license to be awarded between March and April 2010. more
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Costa Rica Delays 3G Contract - May Ask for New Bidders
Costa Rica's monopoly GSM network operator, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has decided not to accept a sole bid from China's Huawei for the supply of a 3G network - and will consider retendering the contract. The company has come under political pressure from the Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias to reject the contract. more
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The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has chosen Ericsson to deploy, operate, optimize and maintain a national GSM/GPRS 1800 MHz network in Costa Rica. This is the largest managed services deal announced in the Central America region. The contract value is US$130 million. more
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Costa Rica delays GSM infrastructure auction
The Costa Rican cellular network, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad has delayed a planned "auction" for provision of GSM infrastructure to support 400,000 subscribers until the end of this month. No reason was given for the delay, although it is understood that several suppliers were unhappy that a smaller contract was suddenly awarded to Alcatel without a tender process last month." more
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Costa Rico to get GSM1800 service
The telecoms regulator in Costa Rica have opened a tender for a company to build and operate a GSM1800 network. Telecom parastatal Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) said the license holder will need to support 600,000 subscribers and must already have investments in or operate a network supporting 15 million GSM customers." more
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