CUBA CUBA (Agr) frustrated access to the island from the United States of 20 satellite communications teams to access the Starlink satellite Internet service.
The entrance of these devices, which arrived at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, violates the “regulations and norms in force in the country,” said the first vice head of the AG, William Pérez González.
#Aduanadecuba It hinders the illegal entry of 20 Starlink satellite teams in the US flight through the Havana airport, violating the regulations and norms in force in the country. The established rigor measures were applied #Fronterasegura. pic.twitter.com/afbnj99wuw
– Wiliam Pérez González (@vicerizefeag) April 9, 2025
An article of Cubadebate He referred to the “interference” of Starlink in Cuba at the end of March, whose “legal” access requires a special permit of the Ministry of Communications.
“Even so, there are those who could do that technology on the island,” reads in that state medium, which accounts for the sale of these teams through the classified notices platform Revolic
Along with the alerts for the use of equipment to access Starlink, the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (Etecsa) He launched a warning about seizures and even prison sentences for those who use antennas and repeaters of imported and illegally marketed signals.
Etecsa warns about seizures and jail for the use of illegal antennas and repeaters
The use of these “prohibited” and “non -approved” teams, which many people use to improve the deficit coverage on the island, “intercept in radiobases and deteriorates, in specific areas, the quality of telephony and mobile networks,” A manager said of the state monopoly.
Kevin Castro Rodríguez, deputy director of the Vice Presidency of Operations of the Etecsa Net review The newspaper Granma.
The manager explained from “systematic checks”, “sites with high difficulties to make calls, intermittent noises in the conversation, problems to access mobile data, and slow navigation” have been detected due to the use of these artifacts.
