05 March 2021
Computerization in Cuba: Prospects for 2021.
Last year he put Cuba's advances in computerization to the test. The pandemic exponentially accelerated the use of the Internet. The call was to stay at home, to promote social isolation, so face-to-face activities migrated to the networks. E-commerce, apk, mobile data and teleworking have shown their potential, but also how much remains to be done. To learn about the progress and challenges in this matter, the Minister of Communications, the executive president of ETECSA and the president of the Union of Informatics of Cuba appeared at the Round Table. The computerization policy established in the country has allowed a visible acceleration in recent years of access to ICT by the Cuban population, the growth of the interaction between government and citizens, and the expansion of Internet use, he said at the beginning of his speech. the Minister of Communications, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella. The headline referred to the current environment where "there is great potential", but based on a specific and complex scenario, "derived from a re-outbreak of the pandemic that has been in the country for a year, a suffocation policy imposed by the Government from the United States and an economic crisis marked by a supply deficit, both in Cuba and in the world ”. However, I emphasize, the operations carried out by digital means and electronic commerce are increasing. Therefore, "there is an important potential for the productive sector to discover its possibilities and sell its services and products," emphasized the minister. Speaking about the infrastructure and development of public telecommunications services as a support to the Computerization process, he assured that it is the basis of services, procedures and electronic commerce. Perdomo Di-Lella stressed that this is an aspect in which the sector has worked with great force in the last three years. "We are not where we want to go, but we continue to advance with clear challenges and in line with our economy." 2020 has been the year of the fourth generation. He recalled that in December 2018 access to the Internet by mobile data was opened in 3G and at the end of 2019 and early 2020 investments in 4G began, which today represents 40% of national coverage.
