11 November 2022

Desoft's e-government digital ecosystem gets mention at Innova2022 event.

The Computer Applications Company also presented the integrated logistics management technology platform for the Cuban port community: PORTECOOS.

With the participation of workers and students belonging to entities in the information technology and communications sector of state institutions, forms of non-state management and different universities in the country, the fourth edition of the Innova contest was held this Thursday, which had as its motivating axis the development innovative solutions that increase citizens' access to ICTs.

The event was preceded by a pre-selection stage, in which 24 papers were evaluated, 21 for the subject area of ​​Software and IT Solutions and three for Telecommunications, Electronics and Automation. After this initial stage, a total of 13 works were selected to be defended on the main day.

As a result of the deliberations, four proposals received mentions. They were: National Insurance Management System (SISEN), from the University of Informatics Sciences, for their contribution to economic control and decision-making; Digital ecosystem of electronic government, of the Computer Applications Company, Desoft, for its contribution to the interaction between the government and the different economic and social actors; M-TEL Telecommunications services over IP, from the company MoviTel, for its technical and economic feasibility and for the possibility of being applied to other environments; and for the same reasons to work Checking device of the aircraft radio-communications system.

The presentation of the XAVIA HIS Hospital Information System, presented by the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI); “for its stability, for the adoption of international standards, for its contribution to the digital transformation of the sector in question (Public Health), because it contributes to creating a new model of hospital management and for having demonstrated technological sustainability”, according to the criteria of the jury.

11 November 2022

Ministry of Communications delivers accountability report to the Cuban Parliament.

The member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Esteban Lazo Hernández Party, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, received the accountability report from the Ministry of Communications to the Cuban Parliament, delivered at the National Capitol by the holder of the bouquet, Mayra Arevich Marín. In the presence of several members of the Board of Directors of this organization, Lazo Hernández highlighted the relevance of the accountability act as an essential principle of socialist democracy and pointed out that it will be carried out, not only before the deputies, but in its broadest sense. before the Cuban people.

“The National Assembly has this responsibility on behalf of the people we represent and you, as a Ministry, have that duty. This exercise should constitute a broad movement to strengthen the work, to promote the main tasks of the sector with the participation of all, as an example of the concept and meaning of People's Power. It must reveal where the potentialities are and identify the existing challenges, taking into account the criteria of the workers and the population”, stressed the President of the Cuban legislature.

For her part, the Minister of Communications stressed that they will present to the deputies what they have been able to do so far; aware that, beyond the results achieved, much remains to be done to fulfill the mission with our people.

02 November 2022

Effects of the blockade on the communications and information technology sector.

The economic damages caused by the blockade of the communications and information technology sector, including telecommunications in Cuba, during the period (January to July 2021, 37 million 530 thousand 570 USD) (update to the report for the period August 2021 to February 2022, 104 million 155 thousand 170 USD); Total: 141 million 675 thousand 740 USD.

The main damages have been associated with the limitations or prohibitions on the supply of technologies and equipment produced under license or using US components, which implies that it is necessary to go to purchases in other, much more distant markets; the monetary-financial effects caused by exchange variations and the refusal of banks to carry out transactions with Cuba; effects on production and services due to higher equipment repair costs, since it cannot be done directly with the supplier and manufacturers in the United States; and the difficulties in accessing computer tools, which are essential for training and the production of national software content.

The blockade constitutes the main impediment to a better flow of information and broader access to the Internet and information and communication technologies (ICTs) by Cubans.

By making connectivity in the country more difficult and more expensive, conditioning access to platforms and technologies, and using cyberspace to try to subvert the Cuban political and legal system, this policy negatively affects the development of communications in Cuba.