Radiografica Costarricense (RACSA) has announced it will invest US$360 million to deploy fast internet services in the country.
As part of this development, the operator plans to release 360,000 1 Gbps broadband connections by 2011. Costa Rica is currently immersed in the process of liberalisation of its telecoms market. RACSA is preparing itself for upcoming competition by upgrading the scale and geographical scope of its network, as well as launching new value-added services.
Costa Rica's state-owned internet operator, Radiografica Costarricense (RACSA), has announced it will invest some US$360 million to roll out a fibre-optic network that will allow the provision of faster broadband services across the country, local daily La Nación reports. According to RACSA's chief executive, Alberto Bermúdez, the company plans to release 360,000 1 Gbps broadband connections by next year. Bermúdez said that the operator is also considering the launch of mobile services via the MVNO business model.
RACSA, which is a subsidiary of Costa Rica's telecoms monopoly ICE, currently has some 100,00 internet subscribers via cable modem, provided though alliances with cable companies AMNET, Cable Tica, Cable Visión, and Super Cable and co-operatives Coopelesca and Coope Alfaro Ruiz. The operator also serves 2,500 clients via WiMAX technology and 40,000 via dial-up.
