Cuba: More than 1,8 million mobile data internet users in 40 days

According to preliminary figures that have just come to light, more than 1,8 million Cubans have accessed the service. connection a Internet by Mobile data through technology 3G, in the first 40 days after the activation of this service in Cuba.

These figures show that around an average of 45 thousand new users every day they have registered to access this connection a Internet by Mobile data.

According to the Cuban media outlet Cubadebate, these figures were brought to light on the Twitter account of user OPSalomón, an official of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Cuba (PCC), just after concluding an exchange with executives of the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) in the capital of the island, Havana.

The tweet says the following: "In just 40 days, more than 1,8 million users de Internet on mobile phones." These figures may represent a turning point of consideration in the digital environment of the Island, where until the beginning of the connection by Mobile data On December 6, 2018, no more and no less than 60 percent of the 5,9 million users de Cuba had access to Internet only from their study and work centers.

Indeed, on December 6th ETECSA started the connection a Internet For technology 3G, so now Cubans have the option of connecting from their smartphones, as long as they pay the established consumption fee, at the price of 10 cents in freely convertible currency. CUC per MB, or when you purchase one of the four data package options, which range from 600 MB to 7 MB. CUC up to 4 GB consumption per 30 CUC.

The own ETECSA acknowledges that prior to this date of December 6, two free trials of the service were carried out connection by Mobile data on the Island, during which connectivity difficulties and significant congestion and instability across the entire service network were evident.

However, just over 30 days after its official launch, the network 3G reaches 66 percent of the territory of Cuba and the service of Internet by Mobile data has remained stable, and the users have reported an “acceptable” speed.

As part of the strategy of computerization and increasing access to Internet en Cuba, in June 2013, ETECSA implemented 118 navigation rooms throughout the country, a figure that reached 2018 rooms in 670.

On the other hand, Cuba concluded 2018 with more than 1200 Wi-Fi zones located in all the island's municipalities.

Services provided ETECSA such as landline telephones and others are subsidized with domestic money, a currency that cannot be used to acquire or cover the maintenance of the infrastructure of all services.