HAVANA, Cuba (AIN) -- Cuba will continue searching for technological, security and financial solutions to increase telecommunication services provided to the population.
Granma newspaper featured an article on Thursday about projections made by Communications and Information Technologies Ministry’s officials in that area.
According to Granma, last December alone, the international connectivity in the country was increased by 10 percent, in spite of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba and the ongoing world crisis.
The article explains that because Washington’s blockade bans Cuban access to underwater Internet cables, the island is forced to use satellite connection, which is slower. However a group of strategies is underway in the country to increase the efficiency of voice and date transmission.
At present the internet connection speed in the island is 209 megabits per second for outgoing transmission and of 379 for incoming transmission. This speed does not meet the development need of the information technology sector of the country, the article reads.
Ramon Linares Torres, first deputy communications minister, said because of the technological and financial limitations of the country, Cuba will continue to give priority to the use of new technologies for social purposes, including internet connection.
Linares explained that internet services are subsidized for universities and studies, cultural and scientific centers, among other institutions that are also prioritized.
He noted that after the fiber optic cable that will link the island with Venezuela is online, the communications quality will be boosted.
However, he pointed out, this does not necessarily means that the Internet services will be expanded, as the island will still have to pay high prices to international networks and make important investments in the telecommunications infrastructure of the country
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Cuba and Singapore Examine Possibilities for Trade
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 2 (acn) The possibility of implementing a solid commercial exchange between Cuba and Singapore was demonstrated on Tuesday in this city, at the end of a business forum held between entrepreneurs from the two nations.
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Cuban News Agency
On the occasion of the visit to Havana of Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Long, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce organized the meeting at the Cuban capital’s Hotel Nacional, in order to know more about potentialities for mutual exchange.
The president of that institution, Pedro Alvarez, pointed out the possibilities offered by the Caribbean island in terms of products recognized at world level, like rum, tobacco, medicine and biotechnology, besides specialized goods and services and direct investment.
In addition, he explained the behavior of the Cuban economy and how it deals with the difficulties derived from the world crisis and the blockade imposed by the United States for almost five decades now.
He put special emphasis on the reduction of imports, achieved not only by way of national production but also by way of trading with partners offering quality products and competitive prices.
Chong Lit Cheong, executive from International Enterprise Singapore, said that interest is increasing in his country for trading with Latin America and especially with Cuba, with which this type of bond already exists, mainly in the tourist sector.
He highlighted several productive lines that could be of interest for the island, like the production of machinery, the petrochemical industry, operations in the port and the production of computer accessories.
He also expressed his country’s interest in cooperating in the area of scientific research and in tourism, a sector in which it has excellent results, since his nation receives some 10 million visitors every year.
Source: cubaweb.cu
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Cuban News Agency
On the occasion of the visit to Havana of Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Long, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce organized the meeting at the Cuban capital’s Hotel Nacional, in order to know more about potentialities for mutual exchange.
The president of that institution, Pedro Alvarez, pointed out the possibilities offered by the Caribbean island in terms of products recognized at world level, like rum, tobacco, medicine and biotechnology, besides specialized goods and services and direct investment.
In addition, he explained the behavior of the Cuban economy and how it deals with the difficulties derived from the world crisis and the blockade imposed by the United States for almost five decades now.
He put special emphasis on the reduction of imports, achieved not only by way of national production but also by way of trading with partners offering quality products and competitive prices.
Chong Lit Cheong, executive from International Enterprise Singapore, said that interest is increasing in his country for trading with Latin America and especially with Cuba, with which this type of bond already exists, mainly in the tourist sector.
He highlighted several productive lines that could be of interest for the island, like the production of machinery, the petrochemical industry, operations in the port and the production of computer accessories.
He also expressed his country’s interest in cooperating in the area of scientific research and in tourism, a sector in which it has excellent results, since his nation receives some 10 million visitors every year.
Source: cubaweb.cu
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