Communications in Costa Rica

In recent years communications in Costa Rica has undergone tremendous change and the transformation has been for the better. Cellular telephone reception has improved tremendously as the demand for more mobile telephones has increased. In 2007 the number of cell phone customers surpassed the number of traditional telephone users by nearly 700,000; 1.5 million to 1.437 million. Because of the exponential increase, new towers, such as the one recently erected on the Hacienda Matapalo site, are being installed across the country to meet the increased demand, especially for 3G services which are now available throughout Costa Rica.

Cell phones are not the only technology that is having an impact in Costa Rica. There are now more than 1.5 million Internet users in the country and because the information age is booming in the land of Pura Vida, broadband (high speed) Internet is now becoming commonplace. While Quepos has had high speed DSL for some time, ICE has begun expanding its broadband Internet coverage southward across the Southern Pacific Coast, and the coverage area includes Hacienda Matapalo. According to CNN en Español, The Latin Business Chronicle ranks Costa Rica as second highest amongst all Latin American countries in technological advancements due to their high Internet penetration.

Learn more about communications in Costa Rica

In part one of a two part series on communications in Costa Rica titled "Look Who's Talking: Communications in Costa Rica," Hacienda Matapalo Communications Manager Howard Brody provides an overview of both land and cell telephone service in Costa Rica, as well as discusses the growth of the Internet in the Central America country. [Read Part One]

In part two of a two part series on communications in Costa Rica, Brody discusses the various newspapers in Costa Rica as well as the landscape on the various cable / satellite television services available. [Read Part Two]

Telephone Resources
» Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
» Cell Phones Costa Rica
» Mobal World Phone
» Why Not Phones?

Internet Resources
» Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
» Radiográfica Costarricense, S.A. (RACSA)
» Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago (JASEC)
» CableTica
» Amnet Cable Color

VoIP Resources
» majicJack
» Skype

Newspaper Resources
» The Tico Times
» A.M. Costa Rica
» Tico Times for Canadians
» The Costa Rica News
» Inside Costa Rica

Cable/Satellite Resources
» CableTica
» Amnet Cable Color
» Direct TV
» Dish Network
» SKY Television

Radio Resources
» Radio Dos 99.5 FM,
» Super Radio 102.3 FM
» 95.5 FM JAZZ
» Real Rock Radio 107.5 (All English)


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