It took a while, but the long wait is finally over: New cellular phone lines are available. The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) started offering the 340,000 lines on Monday.
The lines, however, come with restrictions.
For one thing, only people with state-issued ID cards – obtained through residency or a registered company – can get one, and each person is limited to a single line (company ID cards can have two lines).
Also, the lines cannot be used “to change technologies,” according to an ICE press release. That is, if you already have one of the lines with the old TDMA technology that only works on a limited number of phones, tough luck.
Walk-ins are not welcome. To avoid the long lines and longer waits during previous offerings of cellular phone lines, ICE is using a system of reservations to ration out the lines.
Those interested must call 193 to make a reservation.
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