IT & Telecomm
in Central America
Monday, February 6, 2012
Growth rates are lower, and statistics show that there are 132 cell lines per 100 inhabitants, a fact that is leading phone companies to adopt new strategies for growth.
The growth rate of mobile telephony in Guatemala decreased from 2.5 million lines per year in 2005 to only about 460 thousand in 2010, a sign of market maturity. Today, Guatemala has 132 mobile phone lines per 100 inhabitants, in other words there are more phones than the entire population.
Monday, January 30, 2012
On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) will design, develop and install a comprehensive system to monitor immigration flows to Panama
Panama awarded On Track Innovations Ltd.
Aplitic
Company Profile
IT consultant.
Organization that operates in Guatemala
Phone: (502) 2333-5605
Alfapeople Guatemala
Company Profile
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Phone: (502 ) 2386-9981 - (502) 5865-2093
Ingeniería Informática
Company Profile
Organization that operates in Panama.
Phone: (507) 236-2276 - (507) 236-2270
Thursday, January 12, 2012
In the next few weeks, more than one hundred public procedures, will be available online.
Some of the procedures that will be available are: the acquisition of Paz and Salvo at the Social Security Fund, request for criminal records, quering IDAAN balances, the Digital Passport System, the program ‘100 a los 70’, and consultation and payment of traffic tickets.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Municipality of San Salvador has put out to tender advisory services for tax management, consulting and provision of a technology platform.
According to the tender specifications:
The Municipality of San Salvador through the UACI is promoting this Public Tender No.
Sabo Internacional
Company Profile
Organization that operates in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Phone: (506) 2244-1880
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The National Bank has put out to tender the purchase, installation and configuration of communications equipment for a data center network.
According to the tender specifications:
The National Bank of Costa Rica requires contracts for the purchase, installation and configuration of communications equipment for the Data Center Network, which provides all the institutional network services required by its staff.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The company Telefonica and the Movistar brand have launched commercial HSPA+ hardware in the country.
Salvador Montes de Oca, director of Marketing and Advertising at Movistar Guatemala told the media that HSPA + technology offers download speeds of up to 21 data megabits per second (Mbps) and 5.7 Mbps for sending information.
Monday, November 28, 2011
The Panamanian Transit and Land Transportation Authority has put out to tender the design and implementation of an electronic solution for Single Vehicle Registration.
The goal of the new system is to create greater flexibility and efficiency for drivers.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
With a total investment of $5.7 million the Government intends to increase the technological resources at the disposal of students.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has delivered more than 5,000 computers to 84 public education institutions, which will benefit over 55,000 students, investing some $2.3 million.
This investment is part of a program entitled Broadening Information Technology and Communication, whose resources come from the Program for Strengthening Social Cohesion in the Education Sector of El Salvador (Pro-EDUCA), with which computers worth a total of $ 5.7 million will be donated.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad has created a tender for the acquisition of radiotelecomunicación equipment.
According to the specifications the tender includes:
Issuers with receiver
Telephony Devices
Headset with microphone
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Ministry of Education has issued a tender for the purchase of 93,500 laptops.
The acquisition of laptops is for a government initiative called "Provision of Educational Laptops to Students - Spreading the Technology."
Friday, November 11, 2011
The phone company America Movil has launched operations in Costa Rica, with the opening of 40 outlets.
Claro has begun selling its products and services in Costa Rica, with an extensive network of branches in various parts of the greater metropolitan area.