ETECSA attributes Cuban telecom service collapse to vandalism

The state-owned telecommunications monopoly in Cuba, ETECSA, has attributed recent collapses in connectivity and telephone services to vandalism and social indiscipline.

In the Camagüey province, Edel Mendoza Valdivia, head of the Wireless Network, reported that critical infrastructure has been targeted. Specific damages include the cutting of fiber optic cables, damage to tower structures, and the theft of electrical components such as circuit breakers and protection boxes.

While the state entity cites these criminal acts as the cause for recurring data transmission issues, independent analysts and media outlets suggest the crisis is driven by chronic underinvestment in technological infrastructure and instability within the national power grid.