Google signs deal with Cuba to boost internet services

HAVANA: US tech giant Google on Thursday signed a deal with Cuban operator ETECSA to explore ways of boosting internet service on the communist-run island, despite diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana.

Engineers from the two companies will now work together toward achieving a faster, direct internet connection. The island would benefit from connecting to submarine cables between the US and Latin America. ETECSA vice president of investments Luis Adolfo Iglesias told reporters the companies would work toward better connectivity"when technical conditions allow."Mobile internet has been available on the island since December and nearly two million of ETECSA's five million-plus customers have already subscribed to the 3G service.

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt met with Diaz-Canel last year to discuss improving Cuba's connectivity.

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