Mobile Operators Woo Ticos

Just in time for the month of friendship and love, the 2 private operators are wooing Ticos with special offers in honor of Valentine's Day. Claro is offering, among other specials, 2 for 1 Blackberry handsets (8520 model).  Clients would pay about 88,000 colones up front for the 2 hand sets.  Of course the promotion comes with a service plan obligation, clients must sign 4 contracts for 24 months.  Each hand set would have a "double control" post pay account, at 6000 colones per month, and in addition a "Blackberry" package (either the social or lite option). 

The double control postpay account offers Claro 188 minutes of peak hour talk time, while the user gets 350 text messages.Users who need additional time, must "recharge" the account using the post-pay facilities provided by Claro.

While the social or lite contract offers email and web access on the Blackberry network to particular services.  The Social contract offers Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and Google Talk.

While the Lite account offers BlackBerry Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and the configuration of up to 10 personal email accounts; plus a BlackBerry mail account.

The Movistar offer is more straightforward, it consists of selecting a "soul mate" number, which you may call with no limit for life! This promotion requires no contract and is on pre-paid lines.  The favorite number may be another Movistar number, or a land line.  The number may be changed (for a small fee) at any time. Unlimited, however, means actually only 2 hours of talking time.  But you get an additional 2000 colones of bonus credit that may be used to call any number in Costa Rica.