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Huawei Wins $235 Million 3G Phone Bid
January 13th, 2009
As most of you know, I am generally not a fan of ICE, the nation’s soon to be ex-communications monopoly, but although they are, as usual, about three years late, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) finally gave China’s Huawei Technologies the preliminary OK for a 235-million-dollar contract to install a third-generation (3G) system for 935,000 customers in Costa Rica.
Final approval must come from the Comptroller (Costa Rica’s equivalent to the General Accounting Office) before the deal is finalized. Huawei won in a bidding war against Sweden’s Ericcson and China rival ZTE Corporation
Filed under Cell Phones, Communications, Costa Rica, ICE, Internet, Life in Costa Rica, Living in Costa Rica | Comments (8)Earthquake Update – Town Disappears
January 13th, 2009
New Quakes
Five more earthquakes hit Costa Rica last night and in the early morning hours. All occurred in the same general area and the massive 6.2 from last Thursday. The biggest was 4.3, not a biggie, but enough strike great fear into the people of that already badly affected area.
If you are interested in an interactive web page showing who felt what during the many quakes, click here.
Filed under Costa Rica, Costa Rica Tourism, Earthquakes, Living in Costa Rica, Volcanos | Comment (1)