Cuba Mobile Phone Prices Drop

Photo: Caridad

HAVANA TIMES — The Cuban telephone company (ETECSA) will lower the rates on its cellphone service starting tomorrow (Wednesday January 16), according to an EFE report.

ETECSA marketing director, Tania Velazquez, said the rate for daytime cellphone service will drop to 0.35 CUC per minute from the current 0.45, while the cost for overnight service (between 11:00 and 7:00 a.m.) will remain the same, 0.10 CUC per minute. (1.00 CUC = 1.15 USD)

According to the note, postpaid Short Messaging Service (SMS) will cost 25 CUC a month and is good for sending 160 SMS within the country.

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