{"id":185661,"date":"2018-08-16T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/etecsa-starts-pilot-test-for-internet-on-cell-phones-2\/"},"modified":"2018-10-02T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T19:12:20","slug":"etecsa-starts-pilot-test-for-internet-on-cell-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/etecsa-starts-pilot-test-for-internet-on-cell-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"ETECSA starts pilot test for internet on cell phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Tuesday morning, users from different Cuban cities started reporting availability of internet on their cell phones. Diverse unofficial sources reported that ETECSA had started a pilot test of the Mobile Internet service. It will be free of charge for clients of prepaid mobile telephony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clients must have the APN Nauta configured and activate the data use on their cell phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some users commented that the speed is equivalent to a 2G connection of some countries outside Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For access to the internet on cell phones it is essential to have 3G technology, which started functioning in Cuba in 2017 and currently is available in Havana and each province\u2019s principal cities, as well as in the tourist destinations to the north of the island (Varadero, Villa Clara and Ciego de Avila keys), according to ETECSA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The internet service on mobiles has been announced for a long time by the company, but up to now it is not known when it will be established for all clients or what the rates will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor clients to enjoy this technology they must first have a 3G coverage and their cell phone\u2019s terminal must be compatible with the WCDMA standard in the 900 MHz frequency, which is an international norm used by several countries in Europe and Latin America,\u201d ETECSA has recognized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Cuba there are a total of 6.5 million telephone lines, of which more than 5 million are cell phones. Meanwhile, of these more than a million use the Nauta email service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/noticia\/internet-los-celulares-cubanos-2018\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Tuesday morning, users from different Cuban cities started reporting availability of internet on their cell phones. Diverse unofficial sources reported that ETECSA had started a pilot test of the Mobile Internet service. It will be free of charge for clients of prepaid mobile telephony. 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