Cuba - New undersea cable will not lead to increased Internet access

[subtelforum] A submarine fiber optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, which should begin operating by mid 2011 will not mean expanded access to info-communication services in the Caribbean island, reported state-run newspaper Granma. According to an El Universal article, the existence of the fiber optic cable will allow Cuba to multiply by 3,000 times the current Cuba’s connection capacity with overseas hubs.

Cuba-Venezuela cable does not involve expanded network access in Cuba

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Submarine cable does not involve expanded network access in Cuba
Info-communications services will be improved, yet it does not necessarily mean an expansion of the service

Economy

A submarine fiber optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, which should begin operating by mid 2011 will not mean expanded access to info-communication services in the Caribbean island, reported state-run newspaper Granma.

"The submarine cable will improve quality of the info-communications services but does not necessarily mean an expansion of the service," a spokesman of the ruling Communist Party told the Cuban newspaper, as reported by Efe.

The existence of the fiber optic cable will allow Cuba to multiply by 3,000 times the current Cuba's connection capacity with overseas hubs.

Granma added that the Cuban-Venezuelan project is "inclusive" because of its specialization and "the political and strategic elements converging" in the project.