Telecommunications in Cuba

Cuba's main international telecommunications links are through Intersputnik, with limited effectiveness of undersea telephone cables to the Americas, Spain, and possibly Italy due to underdevelopment.

[1] Country code: +53 International call prefix: 00 (https://it.granma.cu/cuba/2019-04-26/etecsa-installera-il-codice-daccesso-00) Telephones – main lines in use: 1.2 million, 72nd in the world, less than 10 per 100 inhabitants (2009).

[3] The principal trunk system is coaxial cable; fiber-optic distribution is used in Havana and on Isla de la Juventud; two microwave radio relay installations (one is old, US-built; the other newer, Soviet-built); both analog and digital mobile cellular service established; one international satellite earth station, Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region).

[14][15] The Cuban authorities have called the Internet "the great disease of 21st century" due to 'counter-revolutionary' information being available on a number of websites, some of which are official news sites.

But, the rates still remained quite low, partially due to the high costs of systems and Internet usage per hour in contrast to the average monthly wage.