20 June 2022 | For: Ministry of communications
In a session of the Council of State, the compliance report and the implementation of decree law no. 35 “On Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies and the Use of the Radio Spectrum”, dated April 13, 2021.
When presenting the issues related to this topic, Wilfredo González Vidal, First Deputy Minister of Communications, and María del Carmen Concepción González, president of the Commission for Attention to Services of the Cuban Parliament, agreed on the importance of this regulatory provision that establishes the framework telecommunications, information and communication technologies associated with them and the use of the radio spectrum, among other aspects.
Some data on the development of telecommunications in the country
• 7.5 million Cubans with Internet access at the end of 2021, according to ONEI data. Of these, six million access through cell phones
• 618 popular councils already have 4G, including all provincial and municipal capitals
• More than 260,000 homes with an Internet connection through the Nauta Hogar service
• 7.21 million cell phone subscribers
• 1.54 million fixed telephony subscribers
• More than three million decoder boxes for digital television sold since 2013
• 76% population coverage of standard television and 46% of high definition.
María del Carmen Concepción González acknowledged that the deputies who are members of this permanent work commission of the National Assembly of People's Power have agreed in the debates that, as part of the implementation process, it is necessary to raise awareness of the content of this decree law and its complementary regulations, not only by the members of the Communications sector but by all those who use these technologies.
They have also called for speeding up the transition process from television to digital television; to ensure that each new settlement, distribution or community has all the communication services, for which it must be taken into account from the planning and in the budget; as well as the strengthening of training and attention to the human resources of the sector and the increase in preparation by citizens in the digital field, cybersecurity and ethics in social network sites.
After the corresponding analysis, with respect to this decree law, it was considered that its implementation is adequately developed due to the work carried out in the regulation and execution of the telecommunications service and the management of the radioelectric spectrum, and its coherence with the rest of the regulations in force.
At the same time, it was called to maintain constant vigilance in its implementation and updating.