American Data Networks

What American Data Networks does

American Data Networks S.A. is a privately held Costa Rican internet service provider founded in 2005 and headquartered in San José. The company delivers fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity across the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica, claiming coverage above 95% of that region and serving more than 10,000 residential and business customers. Its core product is symmetric fiber internet — residential plans range from 500 Mbps to 2 Gbps with WiFi 6 routers, while enterprise plans offer dedicated 1–10 Gbps connections with SLAs, Clean Pipe network-level security, SD-WAN, and 1,000+ IoT device support per node.

The company's technology stack is built on a proprietary FTTH network with 25G PON capability, supporting next-generation bandwidth and smart-city use cases. The product portfolio has expanded beyond pure connectivity to include the ADN IPTV application (99 HD channels, launched 2024), Clean Pipe infrastructure-level security filtering, and a proprietary speed-test tool. The company markets 99.9% network stability, a 90-minute on-site technical response guarantee, and competitive enterprise pricing at $299/month for 1 Gbps versus an estimated $349/month market average.

The business model is straightforward subscription recurring revenue across four streams: residential internet, enterprise internet, IPTV, and Clean Pipe security. The company employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates a hybrid go-to-market: self-serve online acquisition through data.cr plus a free support hotline (1333) for residential and SMB customers, and a dedicated enterprise field-sales motion targeting healthcare, fintech, and education verticals. No external funding rounds, M&A activity, or disclosed investors are present in the data; the company appears to be a profitable, self-funded operator with a stated plan to extend fiber coverage to 15 additional cities by 2026.

Name

American Data Networks

Legal name

AMERICAN DATA NETWORKS S.A.

Website

https://data.cr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

American Data Networks is a Costa Rican fiber-to-the-home ISP serving over 10,000 residential and enterprise customers in the Greater Metropolitan Area, offering symmetric speeds up to 10 Gbps, IPTV, and Clean Pipe security.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Internet Service Provider / Fiber Optic Broadband

NAICS

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171)

SIC

Cable & Other Pay Television Services (4841)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber ISPs (FTTH/FTTP Retail Providers) (HDAIADAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential/Broadband ISPs (Consumer Internet) (HDAIADAA)

Keywords

• Fiber optic internet
• Residential broadband
• Business internet services
• IPTV streaming
• Network security

Headquarters

HQ city

San José

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Residential Internet Services: Monthly subscription internet services for households with fiber optic connectivity, WiFi 6 router included, and optional IPTV services. Revenue generated through recurring monthly billing.
2. Business/Enterprise Internet Services: Dedicated internet connections for businesses with SLA guarantees, priority support, and bundled security features (firewalls, SD-WAN). Higher-margin enterprise tier with symmetric speeds up to 10 Gbps.
3. IPTV Services (ADN IPTV App): Digital television service with 99 HD channels across entertainment, news, sports, and specialty categories. Available as add-on to internet services.
4. Clean Pipe Security Services: Network security filtering service protecting all devices connected to the customer's network, filtering threats at the infrastructure level.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

American Data Networks is a Costa Rican internet service provider that sells fiber optic connectivity to residential and enterprise customers. Its core offering is high-speed symmetric fiber internet (500 Mbps to 2 Gbps for homes, 1-10 Gbps for businesses) over an FTTH network covering 95%+ of the Greater Metropolitan Area, complemented by IPTV digital television (ADN IPTV App, 99 HD channels) and a Clean Pipe network security add-on.

Product overview

American Data Networks is a Costa Rican ISP offering a portfolio of connectivity and entertainment services. The core offerings consist of Internet Residencial (residential fiber optic internet with speeds up to 2 Gbps) and Internet Empresarial (business internet with dedicated connections up to 10 Gbps). These are complemented by the ADN IPTV App streaming 99 HD channels, the Clean Pipe security add-on for network protection, and a proprietary speed testing tool. All services are delivered over fiber optic infrastructure with 99.9% network stability guarantees and 90-minute technical support response times.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ADN IPTV: IPTV digital television application offering access to 99 TV channels in categories including entertainment, news, movies/series, national, music, sports, children's, religious, and documentary content.

Products and services

• Internet Residencial
• Internet Empresarial Business internet solutions including dedicated connections with 1-10 Gbps speeds, SLA guarantees, integrated firewalls, SD-WAN, and priority technical support for corporate clients.
• ADN IPTV App IPTV application for digital television broadcasting, providing access to 99 HD channels across national, entertainment, news, sports, movies/series, music, children's, religious, and documentary categories; available as an add-on to internet services.
• Clean Pipe Network security service that protects all devices connected to the customer's network by filtering malicious traffic at the infrastructure level, sold as a subscription add-on to internet services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.95% uptime reported by users
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Totalplay (Grupo Salinas): Mexican fiber-to-the-home operator offering gigabit residential and business services with bundled IPTV and security. Comparable to ADN as a fiber ISP with bundled value-added services in Latin America, though at much larger scale.
• Metrotel Argentina: Argentine fiber operator focused on enterprise and residential connectivity with metro fiber networks. Comparable to ADN as a fiber ISP with enterprise focus in Latin America, though operates in a different country.
• ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá): Colombian state-owned fiber and telecommunications operator that has expanded FTTH across multiple Colombian cities. Comparable as a fiber ISP building metro/regional fiber networks, though operating in a different geography.
• VTR (Liberty Latin America): Chilean cable and fiber broadband operator under Liberty Latin America. Comparable as a hybrid fiber/cable ISP with pay-TV and enterprise services in Latin America, but serves a different national market.

Direct peers

• Claro Costa Rica (América Móvil): América Móvil's Costa Rican unit delivering fixed broadband, mobile and pay-TV. Directly competes with ADN, especially in residential and SMB bundled offerings, with substantial parent-company financial resources.
• Telecable Costa Rica: Costa Rican regional cable and fiber broadband operator offering residential and business connectivity. Comparable to ADN as another independent/regional fiber provider competing in overlapping Costa Rican markets.
• Tigo Costa Rica (Millicom): Millicom's Costa Rican operation providing fixed broadband, mobile and pay-TV. Competes head-to-head with ADN in residential and SME segments across Costa Rica, with significantly greater scale and capital backing.
• ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) / Kolbi: Costa Rica's state-owned incumbent telco offering fixed broadband (fiber and DSL), mobile, IPTV and enterprise services nationwide. Directly competes with ADN for residential and enterprise subscribers in the same geographies.
• Liberty Costa Rica (Liberty Latin America / Cabletica): Liberty Latin America's Costa Rican cable and fiber operator (formerly Cabletica). Overlaps with ADN in HFC/fiber broadband, pay-TV and enterprise connectivity across Costa Rica's main metros.

Emerging players

• Starlink (SpaceX): Satellite broadband service now commercially available in Costa Rica. Not a direct fiber peer, but competes for residential and rural broadband customers in areas where ADN's fiber footprint has not yet reached, especially relevant given ADN's 15-city expansion plan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/americandata_cr
• Facebookfacebook.com/AmericanData
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-data-networks
• Instagraminstagram.com/americandatacr
• TikToktiktok.com/@americandatacr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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