Costa Rica Cellphone Costs: The lowest rates in Central & Latin America

One of the reasons the local telecommunications company ICE has been trying to increase their prices is because Costa Ricans pay the least for their cellphone service than any other country in Central and Latin America.

While Ticos (the Costa Rican people) pay on average ¢30 colones per minute (about US$0.05) other countries can pay more than six times as much…

Colombia has the next most affordable cellphone service at ¢30 colones per minute, that same call in Venezuela would cost you ¢94, in Honduras ¢200 and in Nicaragua ¢143

For example on Costa Rica a ten minute cell phone call would cast about 300 colones, in Nicaragua that same call would cost the equivalent of 1,400 colones – over four times as much.

At ¢1.5 text messages are also the cheapest in Costa Rica, in Honduras and Nicaragua the charge would be ¢28.

Our thanks to our friends at La Nación – Costa Rica’s largest Spanish circulation newspaper for their permission to summarize their articles in English.

Andrew Makarik

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Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.