Since 2011, América Móvil through Claro Americas and Telefónica through Movistar, are competing against ICE in the Costa Rican mobile market.
Thanks to the energy-producing potential of the Miravalles, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) started a geothermal project in the region, which brought employment opportunities.
Instituto Superior Técnico | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Instituto Pedro Nunes | Instituto Cervantes | Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra | Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura | Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | Instituto Camões | Instituto Butantan | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba | Electricidad de Caracas | Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | Instituto Regional Federico Errázuriz | Instituto Nacional Mejía | Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria | Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada | Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira | Instituto Nacional de Colonización | Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária | Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad | Instituto Millenium | Instituto Militar de Engenharia | Instituto Lingüistico de Verano | Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência | Instituto de Medicina Molecular | Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas |
During the period 1999 and 2002 the insurance broker, PWS International Ltd made 41 corrupt payments totalling $1,982,231 to officials employed by INS and the national electricity and telecommunications provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).