Municipalities In Costa Rica To Cash In On Opening Of Mobile Telecommunications Market
- by crv.staff
- 05.08.10
- 7:42 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source : Inside Costa Rica
Municipalities in Costa Rica are looking to cash in on the opening of the telecommunications market by charging operators a tax or license fee to erect and maintain radio towers. This would be the first time that municipalities would be allowed some control on the location of the radio base towers and a new source of revenue.
The change comes with the move forward in the opening of Costa Rica’s mobile telecommunications market with the expected three new operators to be approved to operate separate cellular networks later this year.
In addition to the license fee, mobile operators will also have to pay for building permits to erect the towers.
The tax or license fee would also apply to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) – the state telecom – that currently has more than 1,100 towers and without paying a “colon” to any municipality.
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