RHC
The United States blockade against Cuba causes 85 percent of the Caribbean country’s telecommunications network to present technological obsolescence, denounced the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA).
The Commercial Vice President of Etecsa, Lidia Esther Hidalgo, pointed out that the effect of the unjust and genocidal US blockade conditions higher prices for the company’s purchases, in a range of between 30 and 40%.
In contrast, foreign currency income, throughout this year, decreased by 30% compared to the same period in 2023.
This determines that the corresponding investments for the development of the network cannot be executed.
Likewise, it complicates the purchase of resources for scheduled equipment maintenance and the actions that are carried out in response to the effects that arise.
There are more than 16,000 reports of interrupted phones, three-quarters of them concentrated in Havana, the official exemplified.
The official also pointed out the low availability of exchange SIM cards for mobile telephony and terminal equipment (Nauta Hogar modem) and Alternative Fixed Telephony (TFA).