Cuba uses Google to improve Internet on the communist island

Google and Cuba signed a contract on Thursday to directly link networks to improve the quality of access to the Internet content of the island, despite new tensions in relations with the United States and the United States. the blockade still imposed on investment in communications. The agreement protocol signed Thursday by US tech giants Etixa and the state company opens the door to "negotiations for a future Internet traffic exchange agreement called Bering, or exchange of traffic between two networks ".

The date of commissioning of the network has not yet been determined, but will be "activated when the technical conditions are met," according to a statement by the media when signing the agreement.

"We are delighted to have signed this memorandum with Etexa for the benefit of Internet users in Cuba," said Brett Perlmart, representative of the American company.

The signing of the agreement is another step in Google's bet on the communist island despite the hostile turn of Washington's policy towards Havana since the arrival of the Republican Donald Trump at the White House.

Despite tougher sanctions imposed by the US administration on the island, the presidential decrees signed by former President Barack Obama aimed at easing the embargo are still in force, notably allowing investments Americans in Cuban territory in the field of information and communication technologies.