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~ 19/06/06

<br /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @media print, projection, embossed { body { padding-top:1in; padding-bottom:1in; padding-left:1in; padding-right:1in; } } body { font-family:'Times New Roman'; color:#000000; widows:2; font-style:normal; text-indent:0in; font-variant:normal; font-size:12pt; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left; } table { } td { border-collapse:collapse; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; } p, h1, h2, h3, li { color:#000000; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:12pt; text-align:left; vertical-align:normal; } --> </style> <div>The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (<acronym title="Costa Rican Institute of Electricity">ICE</acronym>) announced Friday that it signed a $7.5 million contract with the Costa Rican company GBM to provide advanced Internet service throughout Costa Rica, according to a statement from the institute.</p> <p style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">The agreement is part of plans by <acronym title="Costa Rican Institute of Electricity">ICE</acronym>, the state-run electricity and telecommunications monopoly, to improve national networks’ ability to manage international phone calls and accommodate the growing number of links with Internet service providers, the statement said.</p> <p style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">Working with GSM, the institute also hopes to improve broadband technology such as Metro-Ethernet, wireless business networks and ADSL technology.</p> <p style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">The contract must now be approved by the Comptroller General’s Office before it goes into effect.</p> <p style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">-Tico Times</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div></div></div></div> <div class="tags"><!-- Post tags: php the_tags('', ', ', ''); php--></div> <div class="permalink">Posted in: <a href="http://american-european.net/blogs/category/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/" title="View all posts in Business and Economy" rel="category tag">Business and Economy</a> | | </div> <div style="margin-left: 10px;"> <h2 id="comments">No Comments <a href="#postcomment" title="Leave a comment">»</a> </h2> <p>No comments yet.</p> <p><a href='http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2006/06/19/more-broadband-ice-signs-contract-with-gbm-for-advanced-internet-service/feed/'><abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post.</a> <a href="http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2006/06/19/more-broadband-ice-signs-contract-with-gbm-for-advanced-internet-service/trackback/" rel="trackback">TrackBack <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr></a> </p> <h2 id="postcomment">Leave a comment</h2> <p>You must be <a href="http://american-european.net/blogs/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Famerican-european.net%2Fblogs%2Fcosta-rica-news%2Fbusiness-and-economy%2F2006%2F06%2F19%2Fmore-broadband-ice-signs-contract-with-gbm-for-advanced-internet-service%2F">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p> </div> <div class="div1"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div></div> </div> <!-- begin footer --> <div class="pre_footer"></div> <div id="footer"> <p class="footer"><a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=115">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=116">Disclaimer</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=117">Copyright Notice(s)</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=118">Terms of Use</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=85">Site Map</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=110">Site Search</a> | <a href="http://american-european.net/index.php?id=121">Feedback</a></p> <p> Copyright © 2008 American European Real Estate Group. All rights reserved <br> Apartado 214-2200 San Jose, Costa Rica </p>> </div></div></div></div> </div> </body> </html>