Costa Rica regulator mandates telecom operators to block fraudulent communications

Sutel has issued new binding obligations for telecommunications operators in Costa Rica to mitigate a surge in electronic fraud, specifically targeting over 11 million deceptive calls and 21,000 daily fraudulent messages detected over the past 18 months. The directive mandates technical interventions to identify and block malicious traffic, though the efficacy of these measures remains contingent on operator implementation speed.