[Satellite TODAY 02-16-10] IPTV specialist Amino Communications won a contract with the Costa Rican government to provide set-top boxes to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), a state-owned network operator, to support a national IPTV rollout, Amino announced Feb. 16.
   Amino will launch the services in the first half of 2010, targeting up to 100,000 homes across Costa Rica. Amino will partner with systems integrator ITS on the service rollout, with a goal to provide 38,000 units, including its A125, A130M and A530 digital video recorder set-top boxes, over the next two years. ITS will manage the deployment with Amino, Minerva Networks, Harmonic, Ateme and Widevine equipment.
   “IPTV will provide our customers the better of the three worlds: video, voice and data. Also the opportunity to enter a new world of business and entertainment,” ICE spokesman Adolfo Arias said in a statement.
   Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

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