Cuba: Cell Phones

Cell Phones in Castros Cuba first appeared in 1991 and remained restricted to foreigners and key government officials until the government removed that restriction in 2008. Today, the cost of cadreular service remains prohibitive to the mean(a) Cuban. A Cuban citizen can purchase a primary Nokia cell phone offering little more than component part and text messaging for $75 USD and camera phones are sell for $280 in Havana. A citizen can purchase a pore from the state controlled telecommunications monopoly, Cubacel, which is a joint venture with Telecom Italia, for an activation fee of $65, down from $120 just a stratum ago. The usage fees still remain too high for the mean(a) Cuban to use cellular phones for any meaningful map other than as a status symbol. Making or receiving calls cost about $0.30 per hr inside Cuba; calls to the U.S. are $2.70 per minute and $5.85 a minute to Europe and the rest of the world. (ZDNet News, 2008)
There is a huge pent up demand for this service as evidenced by the 60% growth in the cellular industry during the last year, 480,000 cellular lines are now in use compared to 300,000 before the government ban was lifted. The estimated market for subscribers in Cuba is 3.5 million of the 11.2 million population of the island; this estimate would raise cell phone ownership to the same level as the joined States.



The following table shows the number of users per 100 of the selected group sylvans population. (The Associated Press, 2009)
Cellular Subscribers Country Population (Millions)Users Per 100
Cuba 11.160.05
Dominican state8.365.02
Haiti8.09 0.31
Jamaica 2.565.64
Puerto Rico3.89 20.92
Trinidad & Tobago 1.29 2.99
US 300.2231.15
Americas 818.1116.45

Regulation:
Currently the government controls the monopoly table service this industry and there is little incentive for Telecom Italia to demonstrate the huge capital investment needed to modernize and trim the costs of cellular phone service to...If you want to move a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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