Honduras

There are 3 network providers in the Centralamerican state of Honduras A forth provider Digicel Honduras ceased its operations in 2012 and merged customers with Claro.
 * Tigo (by Millicom)
 * Claro (by América Móvil)
 * Honducel (by Hondutel)

The three networks use different frequencies: Tigo's 2G and 3G is on 850 MHz, Claro's on 1900 MHz and Honducel's on 1800 MHz. In 2014 and 2015 Tigo and Claro both started with 4G/LTE on the 1700 MHz (AWS) frequency and have opened their 4G plans for prepaid.

In 2015 Tigo is the clear market leader in the country with 60% share, followed by Claro with 39% and Honducel with 0.8%. Overall, 98.66% of municipalities in Honduras have 2G coverage and 48.66% have 3G coverage by any provider. So don't expect high speeds and data use especially in remote areas is still very slow.

In Honduras be ready to show your passport for registration, when purchasing a prepaid SIM in a store.

Tigo
Tigo by international Millicom is the clear market leader in Honduras with the best network and a 60% customer share. 4G/LTE started in 2014 in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba. For its license, Tigo is required to establish a 4G network in all major cities by 2016, equivalent to around 15% of the country’s territory.

cost roughly 50 lempiras, sometimes more with some credit or bonuses. shops:

Claro
Claro by Mexcian América Movil is the only viable competitor to Tigo in the country. It has a slightly lower coverage but lower rates too.

Claro’s 4G network started in 2015 and is initially made available in major cities such as Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba,

shops:

Honducel (by Hondutel)
Honducel was established in 2013 as mobile branch of the state-owned telecom operator Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones (Hondutel). Generally because of almost non-existent 3G coverage and unreliable service, it can't be recommended to travellers. It hardly reaches 1% market share and still survives as their state-owned parent controls the landline market.

It is notoriously cash-strippen and underfinanced and should be avoided, even if their starter packs charged at 31 lempiras are cheaper than those of its competitors. That's why no data rates and packages are listed for this provider.