Introduction
How is the communication system in Cuba? Here, Broadcast media include government owns and controls all broadcast media: eight national TV channels (Cubavision, Cubavision Plus, Tele Rebelde, Multivision, Educational Channel 1 and 2, Canal Clave, Canal Habana), two international channels (Cubavision Internacional and Canal Caribe), multiple regional TV stations, 7 national radio networks, and multiple regional stations; the Cuban Government beams over the Radio-TV Marti signal; although private ownership of electronic media is prohibited, several online independent news sites exist; those that are not openly critical of the government are often tolerated; the others are blocked by the government; there are no independent TV channels, but several outlets have created strong audiovisual content (El Toque, for example); a community of young Youtubers is also growing, mostly with channels about sports, technology and fashion; Christian denominations are creating original video content to distribute via social media (2023). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Cuba
| Internet country code | .cu |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 231,654 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 7.81 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 71% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Internet availability has increased substantially over the past few years, only about 70 percent of Cubans have Internet access; 69 percent (7.6 million) have acces to cell phone service, 68 percent have internet access through their cell phone; in 2021 the Cuban Government passed a decree that strengthened its authority to censor Internet and telephonic communications; state control of the telecom sector hinders development; Cuba has the lowest mobile phone and Internet subscription rates in the region; fixed-line density is also very low; thaw of US-Cuba relations encouraged access to services, such as Wi-Fi hot spots; access to websites and mobile applications is controlled and censored; DSL and Internet are available in Havana, though costs are too high for most Cubans and access can be turned off by the government; international investment and agreement to improve internet access through cost-free and direct connection between networks (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line density remains low at a little over 14 per 100 inhabitants; mobile-cellular service has expanded to about 63 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 53; the ALBA-1, GTMO-1, and GTMO-PR fiber-optic submarine cables link Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 1.574 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 14 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 7.6 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 68 (2022 est.) |
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