iPhone Coming
To Costa Rica Soon, Very Soon, ICE Assures
Earlier this week Apple introduced the new
iPhone 3G S, some calling it the mother of
all phones, but it won't be in Costa Rica
any time soon. At least not until
competition in telecommunications comes to
Costa Rica.
This week the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the state telecom -
assured it is still in talks with Apple to
distribute the iPhone in Costa Rica,
something that Apple has been able to
negotiate with most other operators.
ICE officials say that a "positive" response
is expected in the coming months, following
a year of negotiations with Apple.
Costa Rica is the only country in Central
America and one of the few in Latin America
where the iPhone is not sold officially.
All iPhones in the country have been
purchased outside of Costa Rica and have
been "unlocked" to work in Costa Rica. Even
the authorized Apple store is not authorized
to sell the iPhone, although several
retailers offer it for sale at about twice
or more the price in the US and for $100
will unlock any iPhone.
ICE recently began offering to business
customers the Blackberry line of telephones
are negotiating a deal with Canada's RIM
Technologies.
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