08/11/2019

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This page: Annual statistics of mobile and fixed telephony and fixed broadband in Cuba.

TelecoWorld: Cuba

 

Official Name: Republic of Cuba Capital: Havana Population: 11.2 millions (CEPAL 2016) Currency: Cuban Peso Calling Code: +53 Regulator Agency: MIC Ministério de la Informática y las Comunicaciones de Cuba

 

 

The following figure presents the evolution number of public and cellular telephones in Cuba. Source: ITU.

 

 

 

Thousands	2016	2017	2018
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
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)

 

 

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