Time Zone.

Costa Rica is in the Central Time Zone, so EX² Outcoding is working while you are, eliminating the need for late nights and early mornings. Our teams communicate with their US counterparts using instant messaging, phone or other tools.

Highly educated and skilled labor force.

Costa Rica enjoys over a 95% literacy rate. There are multiple universities teaching software engineering and producing a stable, solid work force. EX² Outcoding is able to locate and hire top technical talent for your team. We currently have teams working in PHP, .Net, and J2EE.

Bilingual workforce.

English is the second language in Costa Rica. EX² Outcoding only hires bilingual professionals with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Cultural affinity.

The culture of Costa Rica is largely in tune with the United States; a large portion of the population is from the United States.

Work Environment.

As the country is politically and economically stable, your teams work in an environment similar to that in the United States enjoying the full benefits of freedom of expression. This creates an innovative and creative work force.

Reliable energy mostly from renewable sources.

Most of Costa Rica’s energy comes from renewable sources, making our carbon footprint very small. EX² Outcoding is also working on becoming carbon neutral in the next three years.

Greater value.

Our customers realize the value of near shore outsourcing much faster than comparable projects that used off shore teams. Low costs, high productivity, ease of communication, and proximity to the US all combine to make working with EX² Outcoding a seamless experience.

Why Costa Rica?

Costa Rica is the ideal country for a near shore development facility given the caliber of resources available. These key resources include language and cultural compatibility, time zone, quality consciousness, availability of infrastructure, political stability and cost. Not only is it located within a 3 hour flight from the United States, it’s also located on the Central Time Zone (GMT – 6:00), which allows better interaction with companies in the United States.

Costa Rica is a member of the World Trade Organization and the Central America Common Market, and has investment treaties with Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Another incentive for investors has been the free trade agreement under the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative, which guarantees access to the U.S. markets for many products. Currently, it has signed a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.

Costa Rica has invested significantly in the telecommunication infrastructure over the past few years and the country now has the following infrastructure in place.

• Satellite and microwave connections
• Redundant fiber optics network
• Point to point connections
• Direct worldwide fiber optic access through Maya 1 & Arcos cables