Cuba Internet | Cell Phones | Calling Cards | Telephony in Cuba
Havana Communications is being developed to
feature information about the Internet, cell phones, WiFi, VoIP and other communications technologies available in
Cuba along with US based telecommunications companies who need information about selling their
products and services in Cuba.
Service will most likely
not be available to the general Cuban public. Bloomberg news goes into detail about how this development is a
missed opportunity for US telecommunications companies to have a presence in Cuba's
telecommunication system.
Cuba recently launched a
Facebook social networking knock off that obviously is pure Cuban government propaganda since most Cubans are not allowed to even access the internet
let alone be allowed into a website where average Cuban citizens can interact. Yoani Sanchez says that this new
social network ignores alternative voices... which is a nice way of saying MOST Cuban
citizens.
If you are bringing your own
cell phone into Cuba, you should know that first, you will have lousy cell phone service in Cuba at best and second, you will pay as much at $1 per
minute for usage rates.
Currentcell phone use in Cuba may be more promising but you should be very cautious
aboutrenting cell phones in Cuba. Also, recently the Cuban government bought out the ETECSA cellular
service provider but it is a mystery as to why since the Cuban government can't even run sugar mills so we are
not sure why they think they can run the mobile phone system in Cuba.
Cuban Telephone Quality
Cuban Telephone Services
Improved
DTCuba.com | October 2011
According to official statistics, there were
2,291,455 telephone lines, including both ground and mobile lines, in Cuba at the end of 2010, accounting for a
density of 19.3 percent.
Over the past year, mobile and ground cell phones
accounted for two-thirds of the growth, totaling 1,127,985 lines in December 2010.
In the late 1990s, there were 500,000 phone lines
in Cuba, accounting for a density of 4.04 percent. Digital lines barely reached 40 percent.
Statistics show that at the end of 2010, digital
telephony covered 98.7 percent of the country, where there are 617 telephone plants.
At the end of 2011, the Cuban government allowed
the creation of Havana yellow pages for the fledgling Cuban entrepreneurs.
Restrictions on US Based Telecommunications Companies Seeking to do Business in Cuba
Learn more about listings of Internet
access locations, cellular phone rentals, WiFi hotspots, calling card deals, VoIP calling and VHF channels for
boaters and aviators entering Cuba.
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