The board of Costa Rica’s telecoms regulator Sutel will select the number portability administrator on 30 January, local newspaper El Financiero reports. The administrator will be selected by Sutel, because the Portability Commission has not reached an unanimous verdict in the recent tender which included bids from Teletech, Telcordia, El Corte Ingles and Porting XS.

Costa Rica’s Portability Commission includes representatives of Claro, ICE, Movistar and of MVNOs Tuyo Movil and Full Movil. At the final vote, ICE expressed its opposition to the process. ‘The vote was four to one’, said Eduardo Castellon, Sutel spokesman. The portability regulations state that the vote should be unanimous, otherwise, the Sutel board will name the portability administrator.

Source: Telecompaper