2024-04-18 10:15:48
Cuba’s telecommunications monopoly has promoted three international recharges in April. (Photo © Cuban Newspaper)
Etecsa, the only telecommunications company in Cuba, launched its third international recharge promotion in the month of April, in a desperate gesture to attract foreign currency. To close the month, it announced that it will offer 40 GB of mobile data and free WhatsApp for 30 days after receiving the recharge.
The offer will be available from April 25 to 30, 2024, and will only be activated if Etecsa receives the money from international distributors who are in charge of managing the recharge from abroad. For Cubans with a Cubacel SIM card to enjoy the promotion, they must receive a recharge in dollars equivalent to between 500 and 1,250 Cuban pesos (CUP).
For Etecsa, the exchange rate between the dollar and the CUP is 1×24, so the minimum recharge to activate the benefits is 20 dollars. But the client will have to pay a little more than that figure, taking into account the commission that international distributors charge for managing the recharge.
Assuming that the minimum recharge costs a total of 22 dollars, that money exchanged in the informal currency market would be around 7,600 CUP. The above is more than three times the minimum wage established after the failed Monetary Regulation reform in January 2023.
From 🗓 April 25 to 30 promo #InternationalRecharge
📲 If you receive a recharge between 500 and 1250CUP through international distributors, the recharged amount will go to your main balance and you will receive a 40GB bonus.
[1/2🧵] pic.twitter.com/ctO7qh5n1e— Cubacel 🇨🇺 (@Cubacel_ETECSA) April 17, 2024
Etecsa clarifies that the recharged money will go to the main balance of the account and will extend the validity of the line to 330 days from the last recharge. Additionally, the user can use the main balance for national and international calls, purchase of additional packages and more.
If a user has unlimited data from previous promotions, these will also extend their expiration date according to the last recharge received within the promotional period.
The benefits of this promotion include the ability to use WhatsApp to send messages, photos, make calls and video calls, and share documents 24 hours a day for free and without consuming mobile data. For its part, the 40 GB bag can be used to browse both national and international sites.
Users will be notified via SMS when they receive the recharge. It is important that the user’s mobile phone is active and in an area with adequate coverage to receive this notification. Additionally, users can check their balance through the code 222266#, free of charge.
Other Etecsa recharges during the month of April
Throughout the month of April, Etecsa has an active international recharge where it promises a triple bonus for those who receive 75 CUP (its equivalent in dollars) from abroad through international suppliers.
The offer benefits users of a Cubacel line with 8 GB of mobile data, valid for all networks, in addition to 80 minutes of calls and 80 SMS.
The other promotion that was active from April 8 to 13 was to quintuple the main balance with “unlimited” Internet access in the early hours of the morning.
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