Cuba's ETECSA Begins Restoring Nationwide Cellular Services After Major Outage

Cuba's state-run telecommunications company, ETECSA, is facing a significant cellular network outage affecting voice and data services in Havana and several other provinces. While the company has acknowledged the issue and is working to diagnose and resolve the problem, no timeline for restoration has been provided. The outage coincides with ongoing daily rolling blackouts and severe shortages of essential goods, which have already strained the country's economy and complicated communication reliability. Local reports link some service disruptions to power failures at telecommunications centers, such as the recent generator malfunction in Matanzas. ETECSA officials have also cited challenges including increased demand, foreign currency shortages impacting technological investments, external interference, and vandalism against infrastructure as causes for the deteriorating quality and stability of telecom services. These compounding factors have contributed to widespread network congestion and instability experienced by Cuban users.