The international operator America Movil operates under the Claro brand in Honduras. In terms of market coverage, this operator ranks second in the country (the number of connections is about 3 million). To date, Claro is Tigo's main competitor; its starter packages can be successfully used for profitable termination of voice traffic in Honduras.
GSM coverage that Claro provides is slightly worse than that Tigo does as the leader on the market but Claro has lower call rates. Claro’s SIM-cards are sold in many outlets; the cost of the starter package is about $2. Claro has many offers for prepaid customers that provide bonus minutes or unlimited calls.
Consider the 10 packages that are most suitable for voice termination:
- Aquí tenés más 100MB. The cost is $0.6; the validity is 1 day. Provides 60 minutes to make on-net calls.
- Aquí tenés más 300MB. The cost is $1; the validity is 1 day. Provides 100 minutes to make on-net calls.
- Prepago 45 min. The cost is $1.5; the validity is 1 day. Provides 45 minutes to make calls to any numbers.
- Aquí tenés más 750MB. The cost is $1.7; the validity period is 2 days. Provides 200 minutes to make on-net calls.
- Prepago 60 min. The cost is $1.9; the validity period is 3 days. Provides 60 minutes to make calls to any numbers.
- Prepago 100 min. The cost is $ 2.5; the validity period is 3 days. Provides 100 minutes to make calls to any numbers.
- Aquí tenés más 1GB. The cost is $4.25; the validity period is 7 days. Provides 500 minutes to make on-net calls.
- Paquete todo incluido XXL. The cost is $10.6; the validity is 30 days. Provides 100 minutes to make calls to any numbers.
- Aquí tenés más 3GB. The cost is $10.6; the validity period is 10 days. Provides 1,000 minutes to make on-net calls.
- Paquete Claro va con voz. The cost is $11.6; the validity period is 10 days. Unlimited calls to any numbers.
To make money on termination, you are better off choosing Aquí tenés más 750MB. Using it, one minute of the outgoing call will cost as little as $0.008. If you have your gsm gateway china operating for 200 minutes a day, you will earn at least $150 per channel.
