The Telecommunications Ball Is Now In Cuba's Court

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @08:18AM from the what-will-you-build? dept.

lpress writes: The FCC has dropped Cuba from its exclusion list (PDF), so there are now no restrictions on U.S. telecom company dealings with ETECSA, the Cuban government telecommunication monopoly, or any other Cuban organization. Last week the U.S. sent its second high-level telecommunication delegation to Cuba. The delegates were FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and other government officials plus representatives of Cisco, Comcast, and Ericsson. Some of the news: there are at least 6 proposals for an undersea cable between Havana and Florida; Cisco has proposed a Network Academy at Cuba's leading computer science university (Chinese infrastructure dominates today); 4G mobile connectivity was discussed and Google was conspicuously absent. The time for Cuba to act is now — while President Obama is still in office.

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Re:Here we go again ... by gstoddart · 2016-01-26 08:34 · Score: 1, Troll

That's not how Capitalism works.
Capitalism works however the assholes with the most money decide it works.
It's not some law of nature, and it never has been.

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