Editing Telecommunications in Cuba (section)

==Internet==
[[File:Internetusers-cuba.png|thumb|Internet users in Cuba per 1,000 inhabitants (2002-2011) according to Cuban state statistics ONE<ref>[http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/06turismoycomercio/TIC%20en%20Cifras%20Cuba%202011/TIC%20en%20Cifras%20Cuba%202011.pdf TECNOLOGÍA DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LAS COMUNICACIONES EN CIFRAS. CUBA 2011] de la Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información, Enero-Diciembre de 2011</ref>]]
{{main|Internet in Cuba |Internet censorship in Cuba}}

'''Internet users:''' total: 6,353,020 percent of population: 57.15% (July 2018 est.)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Central America :: Cuba — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref> Ranking 76th in the world for total users.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Country Comparison :: Internet users — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204rank.html#CU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109070544/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/204rank.html#CU|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2019|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>

'''Internet service providers (ISPs):'''  Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A ([[ETECSA]])

'''Top-level domain:''' [[.cu]]

Access to the Internet was heavily controlled, and all e-mails are closely monitored.<ref name="cubainternet">{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/internet-enemie-cuba,39756.html|title=Internet Enemies: Cuba|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|date=March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517134701/http://en.rsf.org/internet-enemie-cuba%2C39756.html|archive-date=2011-05-17}}</ref><ref name="cubaonline"/>

The Cuban authorities have called the Internet "the great disease of 21st century" due to 'counter-revolutionary' information being available on a number of websites, some of which are official news sites.<ref>[http://arabia.reporters-sans-frontieres.org/article.php3?id_article=10611 "Internet in Cuba"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110727014516/http://arabia.reporters-sans-frontieres.org/article.php3?id_article=10611 |date=2011-07-27 }}, Reporters Without Borders, 2003</ref> As a result of computer ownership bans, computer ownership rates were among the world's lowest.<ref name="cubaonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_gb_md_1.pdf|title=Going online in Cuba: Internet under surveillance|author1=Claire Voeux|author2=Julien Pain|name-list-style=amp|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|year=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221407/http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_gb_md_1.pdf|archive-date=2009-03-03}}</ref> However, since buying a computer was legalized in 2007, the ownership of computers in Cuba soared, dramatically increasing the number of Internet users. But, the rates still remained quite low, partially due to the high costs of systems and Internet usage per hour in contrast to the average monthly wage.<ref name="cubainternet"/>

In 2019, ETECSA began offering Internet connection via Cubacel mobile telephones which was increased with 4G. In March 2021, they announced that 4G had reached every municipality in the country.