Fibre-optic cable to start being laid in January

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 1 — The underwater fibre-optic cable that will join Cuba to Venezuela will finally start being laid next January and will be operational in July 2011, Waldo Reboredo, vice president of the Gran Caribe Telecommunications joint venture, affirmed. This link will allow the island to increase by 3,000 the current speed of data, image and voice broadcasting, reported IPS.