Cuba’s Phone Co. Sings the Blues

Cuba's Phone Co. Sings the Blues
May 31, 2014
Fernando Ravsberg*

HAVANA TIMES – The socialist state telephone company, ETECSA, complains
about the competition from individuals "using the Internet as an
alternative route" to supplant "the role that corresponds to the
company" and "International Telephone Companies" bringing "heavy
financial losses."

It would be a good idea to put the managers of ETECSA in contact with
their counterparts around the world so they can explain to them how to
survive economically while charging less and facing competition from
Skype and all other avenues of communication through the Internet.

Of course ETECSA hints that its poor economic performance is due to
fraud "organized and implemented from abroad." In that way an
inefficient company is transformed by political magic into the victim of
Zunzuneo (the USAID false Twitter program for Cuba) and the plans of the
empire and the Miami Mafia that keep it from developing.

The advantage is that when the fault lies with the USA there is no need
to propose solutions because everything depends on Washington. No reason
to fire any higher up in the company because they are not responsible,
nor make changes in company policies since the problem comes from
abroad. Therefore, everything will remain unchanged until the end of the
blockade.

Source: "Cuba's Phone Co. Sings the Blues - Havana Times.org" -
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