23 October 2020

Effects of the blockade on communications and computing in Cuba.

The economic damages and losses caused by the blockade of the communications and computing sector, including telecommunications in Cuba during the period from April 2019 to March 2020, are estimated at 64 million 274 thousand 42 dollars.

The blockade constitutes the main impediment to a better flow of information and a wider access to the Internet and information and communication technologies (ICT) by Cubans. By making connectivity more difficult and more expensive in the country, 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.

20 October 2020

Cuba participates in ITU Virtual World 2020 event.

The First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Communications of Cuba, Wilfredo González Vidal participates, this October 20, in the virtual Ministerial Table of the ITU Virtual World 2020 event, organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) . In the ministerial round, Cuba exposes the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) during the confrontation with the Covid19 pandemic; as well as highlights several national computer initiatives and the joint work of the government with the academy and with companies and the non-state sector. In his speech, the First Vice Minister of Communications of Cuba states: "Cuba works on the basis of a national plan for economic and social development that includes priority axes until 2030, where the development of telecommunications infrastructure is prioritized, starting from development of investments in advanced technologies at the international level, universal access and productive use of ICT.

13 October 2020

Fines Management and Control System: a Desoft project together with the Ministry of Finance and Prices.

With the fundamental premise of checking the current status of the implementation of the Cuban Fine Control and Management System (CGM), one of Desoft's prioritized projects together with the Ministry of Finance and Prices held a meeting through videoconference between the management national activity and its system throughout the national territory. 91 municipalities, 54.7% of the country's total, are working on the system for the control, collection and management of fines. Havana is at 13.3%; Mayabeque at 27.2%; Kills at 38.5%; Cienfuegos at 87.5% and Sancti Spíritus, at 75%. For its part, the provinces of Artemisa are beginning in the process of implementation, Villa Clara will do so from October 19; Guantánamo is working to start the process that must conclude before October 30 and Ciego de Ávila remains pending for the month of November when the conditions of the epidemic allow it; it was ratified during the exchange.