Cuba, US hold talks on Internet and telecoms

Saturday, January 23, 2016 | 14:34:51

(VOVworld) - Cuban and US officials have held two days of talks about telecommunications and the Internet.

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Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure (R) and Vivian Iglesias, director of international services for Cuba's ETECSA, at the signing ceremony on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (Photo: Alan Gomez, USA TODAY)

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry statement says the two sides exchanged views on using the Internet for "economic and social development."

The Ministry said Friday that Cuban officials also reported the U.S. Embargo's negative impact on Cuba’s communications.

It said U.S. telecom executives accompanied the delegation to Cuba.

Last November, Cuba's government-run telecommunications company ETECSA and US firm Sprint signed an agreement to provide direct roaming services for Cuban customers.

Earlier last March, US IDT Corporation opened a service to provide direct international long distance telephony, considering it the first important step for liberalization of communications between the two nations.