Costa Rica
Scores Good and
Bad In The
Global
Competitiveness
Report 2009-2010
Costa Rica has
the embarrassing
position of
being placed in
128th position
of the 133
nations included
in the The
Global
Competitiveness
Report 2009-2010
in respect of
available
services for
cellular lines
according to the
number of
inhabitants.
Notwithstanding,
the country is
posted in 15th
position with
respect to rates
for mobile and
fixed
telephones. As
to network
readiness, Costa
Rica placed 49th
in the report
and classed in
the "UM" - upper
middle class
income, a
classification
taken by the
World Bank
situation as of
December 2009.
Sweden tops the
rankings of The
Global
Information
Technology
Report
2009-2010. With
an extensive
coverage of 133
economies
worldwide, the
report remains
the world’s most
comprehensive
and
authoritative
international
assessment of
the impact of
ICT on the
development
process and the
competitiveness
of nations.
The report
indicates that
40% of all Costa
Ricans have a
cellular phones.
Last year, the
Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad
(ICE), launched
950.000 3G
cellular lines,
seeking to
increase the
coverage to 60%
of the
population.
Currently, ICE
operates three
cellular
networks, the 3G
that was
introduced last
December, the
GSM that has
been around
since the 2002
and the TDMA,
which is being
phased out by
the end of 2010.
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