Cuba To Legalize Private Wi-Fi Networks

DW: Cuba legalizes private Wi-Fi networks, router imports

Thousands of Cubans who built their own data networks at home can now apply for a license, but control over the internet itself stays under state control. Cuba has been one of the least-connected places on the planet.

Cuba's Ministry of Communication (Mincom) announced new measures on Wednesday to allow wired or wireless private networks for the transfer of data and the importation from overseas of equipment, such as routers and servers.

It means that from the end of July, people will be able legally to go online with their own computers and phones and share signals with others, but it does not limit state control over the internet.

Cuba's telecoms monopoly, Etecsa, remains the only internet provider on the island.

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WNU Editor: These are just half measures. This is also just one more example on why Cuba is a backward nation. Global communication networks is what makes the world go round, a fact that the leadership in Cuba cannot understand.