Costa Rica
The country has 4.404 million subscribers in total of (Feb 2012) and (with 4.3 million people) there's about 1 mobile lines for every citizen. (101.11% penetration rate)
Until 2011, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad had a monopoly on wireless communications. In November, 2011, after the market was open as required by DR-CAFTA, Claro and Movistar started service.
The country's telecom regulator is SUTEL (Spanish)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kölbi | GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 850 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
4.000 | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad |
| 2 | movistar | GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
0.150 | Telefónica |
| 3 | Claro | GSM-1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
0.154 | América Móvil |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 4 | Tuyo Móvil |
GSM (GPRS, EDGE) UMTS, HSDPA |
0.100 | Televisora de Costa Rica S.A. |
| 5 | Fullmóvil |
GSM (GPRS, EDGE) UMTS, HSDPA |
Not Yet Available | Virtualis |
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