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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