Cuba Connected: Fibre Optic Cables To Reach Island In Two Years

The US government has granted permission to lay the first fibre-optic cable between the country and Cuba, according to TeleCuba. The small company based in Miami, where a large proportion of expatriate Cubans live, says that it has received permission to build out the cable to the Caribbean island, the only nation in the Western hemisphere that is not connected to undersea cables. While this is good news for Cuba, there are still several hurdles to be overcome before the benefits of such a connection will be seen.

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