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Cuban cellphone freedom nets 7,400 users in ten days

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Apr 25th 2008 at 1:26PM

Cubans in line for Cellphones
Within the first ten days of the new, open cellular policy in Cuba, 7,400 cellphone accounts have been opened by regular Cuban citizens. The 7,400 contracts were opened for about $110 via Cuba's only (and state-owned) wireless provider, ETECSA. Handsets cost around $75 -- no cheap proposition when you consider that the average Cuban citizen's annual state salary is around $240. Previously, contracts could only be opened by government officials or foreigners. 7,400 is a tiny slice of Cuba's 11.4-million person population (.0006%), but it's a start.

[Via textually.org]

Filed under: Culture, Handsets

Tags: cuba, cuban, ETECSA, raul castro, RaulCastro

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