Exiles bring the majority of satellite phones to Cuba

Most of the illegal satellite phones in Cuba have been slipped in by exiles, not the U.S. government, as the island nation’s regime asserts.

BY JUAN O. TAMAYO

Four antennas for satellite telephones were smuggled into Cuba disguised as surfboards. Many others were simply home-made on the island out of metal sheeting or cement.
Cuba alleges the satellite phones are part of a secret U.S. "cyberwar’’ to subvert the communist system by giving dissidents and others access to Internet and telephone services that its intelligence services cannot monitor or block.

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