About us

At the Time Line

The Telecommunications Company of Cuba, S.A. (ETECSA, for its acronyms in English)  was founded in 1994 then with a corporate purpose of provision and marketing of public telecommunications services. It was not until December 16, 2003, when Cubacel and C_COM merge into ETECSA, integrating in a single joint venture all activities related to landlines, cell phones and other telecommunications services; reason for which, we celebrate on this date the anniversary of our Company. 

1er quinquenio

 

 

  • The Telecommunications Company of Cuba S.A. is created (1994)
  • The first fiber optic ring is installed in Havana. (1996)
  • Launch of the First ETECSA Telephone Directory. (1996)
  • The first supplementary services on fixed telephony are marketed. (1998)
  • 35% of national digitization is reached. (1998)
  • 51% of national digitization is reached. (2000)

 


 2do quinquenio

 

  • Installation of the Fiber Optic of the National Network begins. (2001)
  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are implemented. (2001)
  • The CubaSí Portal is inaugurated. (2001)
  • Launch of the Páginas Amarillas Directory. (2001)
  • Creation of a network of Multiservice Centers, Mini Points and Telepoints. (2002)
  • The Own prepaid phone card service emerges. (2002)
  • ETECSA is declared as a unified telecommunications operator from the merger of Cubacel and C_COM into ETECSA. (2003)
  • 80% of national digitization is reached (2003)
  • Launch of the magazine Tono. (2004)
  • The Museum of Telecommunications is inaugurated. (2004)
  • Introduction of Alternative Fixed Telephony (TFA) taking the service to intricate areas of the country. (2005)
  • The commercial management service 112 starts. (2005)

 


3er quinquenio

 

 

  • The amount of 1 million fixed lines is exceeded. (2007)
  • The mobile service marketing for natural persons in Cuba is launched. (2008)
  • The first comprehensive cabinets are installed allowing to increase the telephone density in the country. (2009)
  • The amount of 1 million mobile lines is reached. (2010)

4to quinquenio

 

     

    • The ETECSA electronic invoice modality arises. (2011)
    • The public Internet access service began to be marketed through "nauta" in public browsing rooms. (2013)
    • Telecommunications Agents emerge. (2013)
    • Access to @nauta mail from mobile phones. (2014)
    • Creation of the institutional profile of the company in the social networks Facebook and Twitter. (2014)
    • The figure of 2 million mobile lines is reached. (2014)
    • The public areas of navigation are enabled through Wifi. (2015)
    • The Transfermóvil APK starts working. (2015)
    • The figure of 3 million mobile lines is reached. (2015)

     


     5to quinquenio

     

    • The figure of 4 million mobile lines is reached. (2016)
    • The nauta Hogar service begins to be commercialized. (2017)
    • Páginas Amarillas Website is created. (2017)
    • The internet access service through mobile phones begins to be marketed. (2018)
    • The figure of 5 million mobile lines is reached. (2018)
    • Access to 4G networks is enabled for prepaid customers. (2019)
    • The figure of 6 million mobile lines is reached. (2019)
    • 100% national digitization is achieved. (2019)
    • The figure of 1 million users is reached in Transfermóvil. (2020)

     


    actualidad

     

     

    • The amount of 2 million Transfermóvil users is reached. (2021) 
    • 7 million mobile lines are reached. (2021)
    • We reached three million users in Transfermóvil (2022)