Cuba allows the Internet via mobile phone to its citizens

The Republic of Cuba has started providing the Internet via mobile phones for specific users of its citizens, according to the Reuters report..

This step is huge for the Communist Island located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean, which includes about 11.5 million people.

This comes with the aim of spreading the service at the level of the country by the end of this year.The US Federal Communications Committee indicates that access is always slow.Its cost is about two dollars per hour.

The journalists working in the state's news outlets were among the first to obtain the internet over the mobile phone this year.It is presented by the National Cuban Telecom Company ETECSA.This is part of a broader campaign for greater access to the Internet.

The move came after the new president said that this should strengthen the economy and help the Cubans defend their revolution.

Analysts say that access to the Internet on a wider scale leads to weakening the government's control of the information that reaches people in a single -party country, which monopolizes the media..

According to the National Cuban Telecom Company, some customers, including companies and embassies, have been able to purchase mobile data plans since December.

ETECSA announced that it has expanded the Internet via mobile phone for all 5 million mobile customers.That is, nearly half of the population of Cuba, by the end of this year.

Cuba was late in accessing the Internet due to a lack of money, a long -term US trade ban, or concerns about the flow of information.

The Internet, until 2013, was available to the public in tourist hotels in Cuba only.However, the government has tried since that to make the increase of the connection a priority.

The internet cafes and about 400 wireless points were entered and slowly began to connect the homes to the web.

Cuba allows the Internet via mobile phone to its citizens

The new president defended this issue a long time before he took office in April.

"We need to be able to put the content of the revolution on the Internet.Adding that the Cubans can thus face the large amount of false and vulgar cultural content.

Analysts said that Cuba may use support to encourage the use of government -sponsored applications.Last month ETECSA launched the free correspondence application called Todus.

The Cuba Intrant network, which includes a few sites approved by the government and e -mail, is much cheaper than access to the Internet.

The Cuban government said in a 2015 document on the Internet strategy that it aims to connect at least half homes by 2020 and 60 percent of phones.But many Cubans doubt that.

The head of the National Cuban Telecom Company ETECSA said in December that she had only had only 11 thousand homes last year.

The price may be the largest restriction for many, as hot points currently receive one dollar per hour.It was not clear what most Cubans pay for a mobile internet.But ETECSA is imposed on companies and embassies $ 45 per month for a 4 GB package.While the average monthly wages of the state is about $ 30.

It should be noted that while most of the Latin American countries move to 4G/LTE networks, with the entry of the fifth generation networks the final test stages, Cuba is now installing the technology of third -generation networks.