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Cuba cuts fiber optic cable

Oct 24, 2025

Minister Trips Up and Admits Fiber Optic Cable Is Working

Minister Trips Up and Admits Fiber Optic Cable Is Working, But Cubans Can''t Access It Between La Guaira, Venezuela, and Santiago de Cuba runs an umbilical cord that should turn us

Jul 26, 2025

Cuba: Breaking The Fiber Optic Monopoly

I''m still not quite sure what really happened with the famous underwater cable between Cuba and Venezuela, that fiber optic line that was

Dec 25, 2025

Submarine cable tripled Cuba''s Internet connection capacity

Internet traffic in Cuba has increased considerably, especially through mobile devices, but she warned that despite this growth, it is necessary to continue to invest in other infrastructures...

Jul 26, 2025

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Dec 21, 2025

What Happened to the Undersea Cable that Was

Implementation: The cable was supposed to be operational by April 2023, according to official statements, but there have been few updates since.

Mar 28, 2026

Cuba''s sole underwater Internet cable is going to see a

The isolation of Cuba is plainly evident when looking at a map of the submarine cables in the Caribbean. While numerous cables crisscross the

Nov 05, 2025

Pentagon wants Guantánamo fiber-optic cable to someday serve Cuba

The Pentagon plans to one day extend to the entire island of Cuba its under-construction $40 million fiber-optic cable linking this base to Florida, a senior Defense Department official testified

Jan 24, 2026

Cuba speeds up connection process for international

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (ACN) Specialists are working at a fast pace to put into operation the new international fiber optic cable Arimao, which will bring with it

May 15, 2026

Cuba first high-speed internet connection activated

Cuba''s state telecoms company, Etecsa, says a high-speed fibre-optic cable is connecting Cuba to the global internet, nearly two years after its arrival.

Feb 16, 2026

Fiber-Optic Communications Cable Arrives in Cuba

HAVANA - A long-awaited undersea fiber-optic cable linking Cuba with the outside world arrived on the island on Wednesday, promising a bandwidth bonanza for a country saddled with

Dec 18, 2025

ARIMAO (cable system)

The project is the result of cooperation between the Cuban company ETECSA S.A and the French company Orange S.A. It will improve the availability of internet access on the island.

Aug 13, 2025

Nuevo cable de fibra óptica internacional beneficiará la

Especialistas trabajan de forma acelerada para poner en funcionamiento el nuevo cable de fibra óptica internacional Arimao, que traerá consigo un incremento y la diversificación de la

Jul 27, 2025

Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable from Venezuela Reaches Cuba

Cuban Computer Science and Communications Minister Medardo Diaz said the undersea cable that arrived on Cuba''s eastern coast on Tuesday after a 19-day voyage from Venezuela,

Aug 07, 2025

Cuba''s sole underwater Internet cable is going to see a

Cuba''s sole underwater Internet cable is going to see a lot more traffic – and some company Nearly two years ago, the Internet research company I

Jan 30, 2026

Cuba''s Internet: One Cable, One Company, Zero Redundancy

The ALBA-1 cable is a 1,630 km submarine fiber-optic system connecting Santiago de Cuba to La Guaira, Venezuela. It entered service in January 2013, ending Cuba''s total dependence

Jul 20, 2025

ARIMAO (cable system) — Grokipedia

The ARIMAO submarine cable system is a 2,500-kilometer undersea fiber-optic telecommunications cable connecting Cienfuegos, Cuba, to Schoelcher, Martinique.

Mar 08, 2026

Internet in Cuba: waiting for new underwater cable and

The installation of an underwater fiber optic cable from Martinique to Cienfuegos seems to be the great telecommunications project in Cuba. The

Apr 11, 2026

ARIMAO (cable system)

ARIMAO communications cable between Cuba and Martinique The ARIMAO submarine fiber optic cable is designed and deployed to improve internet connectivity between the islands of Cuba and Martinique.

Dec 29, 2025

Internet en Cuba y el nuevo cable de fibra óptica

Aunque Cuba está ubicada en una de las zonas con mayor densidad de cables submarinos de fibra óptica, presenta una situación difícil para el acceso a Internet, pues mantiene

Sep 09, 2025

Red Sea Internet Cables ''Cut'' — Here''s What We Know

Topline At least four undersea fiber optic cables, which carry approximately 97% of all Internet traffic, were damaged last week in the Red

Feb 07, 2026

Cuba speeds up connection process for international

The Ministry of Communications says work is now underway to establish a new international fiber optic cable – Arimao, which will bring with it an increase and

Jun 05, 2026

Fiber Optic Cable Cuts Isolate Millions From Internet,

Large swaths of the Middle East and Southeast Asia fell into internet darkness after two major underseas fiber optic links were damaged off Egypt''s

Jul 11, 2026

Cuba and the case of the missing fibre-optic cable

It was February 2011, and all was sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the landfall of an undersea fibre-optic cable which, they promised, would end Cuba''s internet

Sep 18, 2025

What Happened to the Undersea Cable that Was

In February 2024, Etecsa mentioned maintenance work on fiber optic links, but did not specify whether this included the undersea cable. Internet

May 21, 2026

Venezuela-to-Cuba Fiber-Optic Cable Work Is Begun

(Adds Chavez comment in the fourth paragraph.) Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Alcatel-Lucent SA began laying a Venezuelan-financed underwater fiber-optic cable that will connect the South

Nov 09, 2025

Report: Cuba using undersea fiber-optic cable

Cuba apparently has finally switched on the first undersea fiber-optic cable linking it to the outside world nearly two years after its arrival, according to analysis by a company that monitors

Oct 18, 2025

A Fibre Optic Cable Breakage Worsens Cuba''s Internet

The poor quality of international communications from Cuba is a permanent source of complaints for users of the Cuban Telecoms Company

Jan 07, 2026

Internet in Cuba and the New Fiber Optic Cable

While Cuba is located in one of the areas with the highest density of submarine fiber optic cables, it has problems accessing the Internet, as most of its connections come via satellites.

Jan 07, 2026

What Happened to the Undersea Cable that Was Supposed to

This 2,470-kilometer cable connects the province of Cienfuegos in Cuba with Martinique and was installed by Orange Marine, a subsidiary of the multinational Orange S.A. Despite high...

Oct 09, 2025

Venezuela, Cuba outfox U.S. with fiber optic cable | Reuters

HAVANA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Venezuela will connect Cuba to a high-speed fiber optic cable next month undermining U.S. sanctions prohibiting Cuba''s access to nearby underwater lines, the head of the

Feb 01, 2026

Cuba Concludes Laying of International Fiber Optic

HAVANA, Cuba – The Ministry of Communications says work is now underway to establish a new international fiber optic cable – Arimao, which will

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