22 September 2023

Minister of Communications of Cuba appears on Cuban television.

With the appearance of the Minister of Communications, Mayra Arevich Marín, the television program Mesa Redonda dedicated its space to an update on how the digital transformation and the development of communications are progressing in Cuba.

When speaking in the television space, the minister pointed out that today the sector is involved in a priority process for the country: the computerization of Cuban society. “This policy has its precedent in 2017, when the comprehensive policy for the improvement of the computerization of Cuban society was approved, which generated a program based on several projects for its execution. This had a very important impact for the country.

First because information and communication technologies were developed and used better. Furthermore, because a more favorable environment was generated between the government's communication with the citizens and above all because in this period the use of the Internet by Cuban citizens has increased," said Arevich Marín. In his opinion, this has been an important challenge because from the development of computerization itself, “this whole issue of the implementation and deployment of the programs, which coincided with the pandemic, generated changes in the consumption patterns of our clients.” , said the minister.

“It is something that is said so easily but it is not so easy when it comes to implementing it. In a pandemic situation, Etecsa had to change the design, as well as the expansion and structuring of the telecommunications network. This, we insist, in a very complex moment where we feel the blockade has intensified, which sometimes falsely say that it has flexibility for our sector, which is not true, because it started there. That is why it is very important to explain to the population the effort that the country, and also the company and our sector, has made to be able to evacuate these communication patterns that changed with the arrival of covid-19,” he said.

18 September 2023

Desoft was present at the Exposur 2023 International Fair.

Representatives of the Computer Applications Company Desoft participated these days in the Exposur 2023 International Fair, which was held at the Pasacaballos Hotel, in Cienfuegos, from September 14 to 17.

This commercial fair brought together almost 3,000 businessmen from 10 Cuban provinces and 10 countries, from 27 foreign companies and has 74 stands for physical exhibitors and almost 60 virtual ones. Throughout all these days we participated in business meetings with different companies, around twenty letters of intent were signed with participating entities.

As a particularity, it is the first fair to be held in a hybrid format outside the Cuban capital, since the in-person version is held at Pasacaballos and the digital version is developed through the Fevexpo platform, created by Desoft. Also during Exposur 2023 was the birth of the State Mypimes "Alabbi", heir and successor of the Desoft Cienfuegos Territorial Division.

This is the second state-owned MSME to be founded in this province and its “birth” included the presence of Eng. Dany Jesús Valiente Prieto, National Director of Desoft, as well as representatives of this company from Mayabeque, Havana, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos. With this conversion, the corporate purpose changes to a philosophy of XaaS (The term marketing and export of the company's products and services.

Desoft was not only a virtual exhibitor, but also one of the Silver Sponsors of Exposur 2023 and on the 15th its specialists participated in the Conference given by the Company's General Director, Dany Jesús Valiente.

We also had a meeting on the 16th with the President of the Computer and Communications Business Group, where conversations were held with different entities such as the University, the Cienfuegos Hospital, Oleohydraulics, the Union of Computer Scientists of Cuba, the Tourism Real Estate, for the creation of software and applications made to measure for the business management of different companies. On the 17th, they participated in a meeting with the Minister of Communications, where she highlighted the important work that DESOFT has in the process of computerization of society and now that it has become a MSME, it has to be a leader in this case.

15 September 2023

The Ministry of Communications receives a visit from the Secretary General of the ITU.

The Excma. Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General (SG) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), visits our country from September 13 to 15, 2023, on the occasion of the Summit in Havana: “Current challenges of the development: role of science, technology and innovation.

The Secretary General of the ITU held a meeting with the Minister of Communications, vice ministers, general directors, directors of entities and companies of the Communications system, the Union of Computer Scientists of Cuba and the rector of the Technological University of Havana, CUJAE. Among the topics addressed, the role of the ITU and its importance in the context of the United Nations, as a multilateral entity, were highlighted.

The main processes underway in Cuba as part of the digital transformation were explained, having the citizen as the center, as well as the active role of Etecsa, Joven Club, software companies, the Union of Computer Scientists of Cuba and the Scientific and Technological parks. .

The university-business link was also highlighted.

The Minister of Communications, Mayra Arevich Marín, explained that 45% of the Communications system's workforce is women. In the MINCOM the gender committee is formed and actions are carried out in accordance with the topic. He added that Cuba celebrates Girls and ICT Day annually. In addition, they exchanged information about the Tenth Edition of the Accessible America event, which will take place from November 8 to 10 in Cuba.

The importance of being held in our country, which hosted its eighth edition and was granted that status again for the 10th anniversary, was highlighted. This event shows how technologies contribute to improving digital skills in the accessibility of vulnerable people.

The Minister of Communications thanked the ITU for its confidence in reiterating Cuba as the venue for the event and extended the invitation to the 2024 International Computer Convention and Fair. The Secretary General of the ITU, Her Excellency. Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin explained the work projections that the ITU has and the relations with its member states, as well as the importance of two strategic axes related to universal connectivity and sustainable digital transformation.