Cell Phones in Panama

I always thought of Panama as a third world country. Country where you make a vacation, in a wonderful shiny hotel resort with all facilities you can imagine - so it`s really unnecessary to go somewhere outside the resort. Because outside the resort is the world not that shiny anymore. The people are very poor and the crime rate there is very high.So I was quite surprise when I read the article about the cell phone boom in Panama.Imagine you walking down the street in Panama as you see some panamian guy standing on the corner in some shady clothes, very thin, cause he probably doesn't get a proper food, BUT he talks to his fine Motorola Razr mobile phone. Where he did get that? Either he didn't eat for weeks just to afford the phone, or he is a drug dealer and has the money from his selling business or he just have stolen it. Many explanations are possible..Or maybe he just simply bought it.In Panama there are 2 mobile operators fighting on the market: Moviestar and Cable & Wireless. Many stores in the city offer cell phones for discount prices, convenient talk programmes and cheap pre paid cards. But don`t expect any of guarantees you`re used to get back at home. But if you just wanna make couple of phone talks for about 20 $ it`s the right thing for you. The people there are obsessed with cell phones. Which refers to a fact that communication is a very important part of human nature. Face to face communication, sending e-mails, diverse social networks, phone calls - all that we need to stay in touch with the rest of the world.

related story: http://www.thepanamareport.com/panama-information/cell-phones-in-panama-584.html

by Livia Necasova for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

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