50.000 GSM Lines
Available December 15
Good news for the tens
of thousands who have
been waiting patiently
for a cellular telephone
line, 50.000 GSM lines
will be available on
December 15, said
Orlando Cascante,
director de Servicios
Móviles del ICE.
Cascante was quick to
point out that the lines
are not new, but rather,
lines from users who did
not pay their bills on
time or decided to
cancel the service.
ICE has a policy of "liquidacion"
after two consecutive
bills are unpaid. In
such a case customers
lose their lines,
however, can in many
cases get back the same
number if the non
payment has not
continued for more than
3 months, or will be
assigned a new number.
ICE's plan to is make
available between 2.000
and 2.500 lines a day
based on reservation.
According to ICE, there
are some 150.000 people
waiting to get cellular
service.
ICE is working on
expanding the Ericsson
network by 300.000
additional lines, which
should have been
available the first week
of December and
reviewing the bids for
the 950.000 3G lines
which the institution
says will be available
sometime by the end of
2009. |
