Telefonica’s brand Movistar has reportedly started a pre-subscription programme ahead of its commercial launch in Costa Rica. According to reports, customers who register for one of Movistar’s prepaid or postpaid plans will receive reduced rates at the time of launch. Registered prepaid customers will receive a special tariff of $0.02 per minute for calls to Movistar’s other prepaid customers on Sundays, while postpaid customers will receive a similar benefit for Sundays and holidays.
As per sources, Jorge Abadia, Director, Movistar has said that they will not have the 100 percent coverage they would like on the first day, but are confident that they would have complete coverage of the San Jose metropolitan area by July 2012 and would offer nationwide coverage by 2016. The operator reportedly expects to launch its services commercially in the next few weeks.