Hondutel, the state telephone company of Honduras, is to make dial-up Internet available for all its fixed-line clients.

The government of Panama has launched an initiative that makes it a leader in Latin America by providing free Internet with a wireless broadband service to which everyone in the country will have access.

The world economic crisis has not dimmed Panama's attractiveness as a world-class cinema industry location and and production center.

Costa Rica is struggling to install its new 3G mobile phone network.

Removal of the state monopoly on Costa Rican mobile phones is moving ahead slowly.

Georgia Tech opened in Costa Rica its first Latin American center for trade innovation and productivity.

Datacard Group of the United States has been selected to supply card personalisation equipment and software for Guatemala’s new national ID system.

FTI Consulting, a global specialist in research and technology, opened an office in Panama to cover Central America.

Companies lining up to enter Costa Rica’s telecommunications market are finding that not enough suitably qualified staff are available.

Users of fixed and cellular phone services in Panama will be able to change their service providers and keep their existing phone numbers from April of next year.

Hewlett Packard opened its new Best Shore and Deliver Center in Panama, creating 145 jobs and in support of its sister center in Costa Rica.

Salvadoran geothermal energy company LaGeo has obtained positive results from tests a potential new location.

Fersa Energias Renovables, the Spanish renewable-energy developer that operates on three continents, won authorization to build a second wind farm in Panama.

President Oscar Arias cut the ribbon at the inauguration of the new offices in San José, Costa Rica of Oracle, the California-based business software company.

BNamericas spoke with José Manuel Berruecos, CEO of Cisco Central America, the Caribbean and the north of South America, regarding the developments of the broadband market in Costa Rica and the challenges it faces.