US EditionCuba Telecom Firm Hikes Prices, Cites Debt – yet Military Owner Has Millions of Dollars
- On May 30, 2025, Cuba's state telecom provider ETECSA raised mobile service rates, limiting top-ups to 360 pesos monthly for 6 GB data.
- ETECSA blamed massive debt, a nearly $300 million revenue drop, and US embargo-related foreign currency shortages for the increase.
- The price hikes doubled the average national salary cost for a 15 GB plan and pushed packages priced in US dollars, unaffordable for most citizens.
- Student factions protested the hikes, citing restrictions on information and education rights, while regime supporters also criticized the widespread discontent.
- The increase sparked unprecedented public outrage in Cuba, raising concerns over access to communication and suggesting possible partial government concessions.
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The monopolist company has raised prices enormously and imposed a payment in dollars: it is a big problem for many people
The new mobile internet rates in Cuba, which came into effect on Friday and partially dollarize that service, have unleashed a wave of discontent among users. The national telecommunications company ETECSA, which has the monopoly of the service on the island, applied a strong increase of rates for customers who exceed their basic package, drastically reduced to 6 GB per month. Once exhausted, they will be able to buy recharge packages, the cheap…
Cuba: ETECSA's rate hike, the bureaucracy and the threat of capitalist restoration
On Friday 30 May, the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) announced an increase in its rates, provoking unprecedented indignation in Cuba. This has brought to the fore discussions on a series of issues central to the future of the Cuban Revolution.
They have been taken away from them, little by little, the food ration that came to the warehouses in the neighborhood. They have reduced the value to their currency. They have been limited to shopping in the store. And now, indirectly, they have restricted the internet. The last measure of the Cuban government opens a gap between those who will be able to pay for the service and those who will have it impossible. ETECSA’s new “tariff”, the stat…
The executive president of the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA), Tania Velázquez Rodríguez, reiterated the company’s commitment to the development of telecommunications in the country, while recognizing the economic challenges that have led to the implementation of new trade measures. READ ALSO: Diplomacy of Hostility: US Embassy in Cuba reinforces offensive with meetings and support to the opposition Velázquez Rodríguez emphasized th…
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