Costa Rican IT systems integrator Grupo Cesa is planning to expand to the Caribbean by 2013 to provide for the telecommunications sector.

In this case, the company's deputy managing director Miller said, the expansion will not be a direct investment but in partnership with a local enterprise.

In 2005 the company launched operations in Guatemala, followed by Ecuador in 2008 and the latest, Mexico, this year.

In Ecuador, the company's main vertical is the health sector with a "big contract" with the ministry of health, but also other business. In Mexico, Cesa is working in the telecom sector "with two of the main telecommunication providers" and expects to see a return on investment in one year.

The company is also looking into expand to Colombia, said Miller.