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08/11/2019 |
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This page: Annual statistics of mobile and fixed telephony and fixed broadband in Cuba.
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TelecoWorld: Cuba
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The following figure presents the evolution number of public and cellular telephones in Cuba. Source: ITU.

Thousands | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Mobile Accesses | 3,988 | 4,614 | 5,373 |
Fixed Telephones | 1,322 | 1,349 | 1,444 |
Broadband | 14 | 34 | 99 |
Source: ITU |
Density | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Fixed Accesses/100 inhab. | 35.2 | 40.7 | 47.4 |
Mobile Accesses/100 inhab. | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.7 |
Broadband/100 inhab. | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
Source: ITU |
Fixed Telephony Operator
The main public telephony operator in Cuba is: Cuba Telecommunicaciones Company (ETECSA).
Cellular Operators
The unity of mobile business of the ETECSA is Cubacel, created in January 9th 2004 from the fusion of enterprises: Cubacel y C_COM.
Cubacel technology is TDMA?GSM.
Only foreigners and people from the government could have cell phones in Cuba. This restriction has created a parallel market where many Cubans with conditions to buy a cell phone using names of other people. In Mar/08, the new president of Cuba Raul Castro officially authorized the possession of cell phones by Cubans.
The Movitel is a Trunking and pager operator. (Movitel)