REFORMAS INTERNAS EN EL ICE DURANTE LOS ÚLTIMOS 10 AÑOS.

The 80's witnessed deep changes in the information and telecommunications technologies. The globalization catalyzed the economic integration process and a new vision of open markets, in which telecommunications services lost their category of public utility and became a service subject to private forces. In Costa Rica, important internal reforms were carried out in ICE. In the industry, the reforms that the country could adopt in the near future would decide if we keep our public utility solidarity model, which has been a key element of integral development of the country, or if we choose a model which would deeply affect poor people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]