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Cuba allows mobile phone access for its citizens Speculation that the new Cuban leader was 'havana' re-think about the country's curb on mobile phone usage has proved correct.

The Latin American country's citizens are now to be allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, thanks to the latest reform announced under new President Raul Castro.

In a statement in official newspaper Granma, state telecom monopoly ETECSA said it would take advantage of the new freedom and offer mobile services to the public "very soon".

A black market in mobile phones already exists - Cubans have previously had to acquire handsets via a third party, often by asking foreigners to sign contracts in their names.

Despite this, mobile phones are still a very rare sight on the country's streets.

The right to own mobile phones had been restricted to the employees of foreign firms or key workers in the communist-run state.

Mobile phone company bosses might not be the only people lighting a big cigar on hearing the news - Reuters carried a story earlier this month, suggesting that the new president intended to lift restrictions on the ownership of electrical appliances including DVD players and computers.

Industry News posted on 28 March 2008

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