Currently, the service tests are concentrated in car 6407 of the train that covers the Havana-Guantánamo route.
Lima, Peru – State Solintel S of the Computer Business Group and Telecommunications (GEIC) announced this weekend the start of field tests to implement Wi -Fi in Cuban railways.
According to the official newspaper Granma The Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) and the Railway Company of Communication, Signaling, Computer and Electricity (COSIE) technology carried out the test activity on August 7.
The aforementioned institutions assured that the validation of the technological structure and the quality of the Internet service was carried out successfully.
“The tests are concentrated in car 6407 of the train that covers the Havana-Guantánamo route, a model for eventual expansion,” says the report.
The project comes from a proposal arising from a base business form, winner in addition to the INNOVA 2024 of the GEIC contest. Its objectives are intended to optimize radio emission control and improve passenger connectivity on railway routes of the island.
On the other hand, although the possible Internet access in trains is good news for Cuban passengers, the fact does not exempt rail transport from the rest of the problems in recent years.
The railroad and cargo transport are two other victims of the deep economic crisis in Cuba. In this regard, the debacle figures transcended in the past 2024 during television space Round table.
Lisvany Fernández Rivero, general director of the administration of rail transport, said in his speech that 67% of the roads and 40% of Infrastructure works They needed maintenance on the island.
The manager commented that to guarantee the sustainability of the infrastructure, 900 million pesos are required annually, of which a good part are in foreign exchange, specifically 25 million dollars “for materials, supplies and parts.”
Likewise, the maintenance of the railroad requires between 60,000 and 80,000 annual concrete mischief, but in 2023 only financing was achieved for 15,000 that were executed in 2024.
According to published graphs by the official medium Cubadebatein 2018, 51,600 mischievous were manufactured and in 2019 up to 61,600 was increased, quantities that were subsequently declining, since in 2020 and 2021 about 45,000 were counted, while in 2022 it fell to 12,000 and last 2023 to 7,200.
As for wood naughty, most are national production, and to a lesser extent they are imported. Even so, compared to the 3,500 made in 2021, in 2022 only 270 were made, a figure that increased to around 1,200 in 2023. There are also Repair problems Of the bridges and railways in general, said the official.
