Cuban citizens snapping up cell phones

Posted April 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM by Robert Nelson

Section: News, Communications, Cellphones, Mobile

Since cell phones were first made available, and legal, Cuban citizens have been furiously purchasing new cell phones. Its been just about ten days now and Cuba’s telephone company is reporting that they have sold 7,400 new cell phones, about 740 per day.

While I can expect a lot of people to be wanting to run out and make the purchase, its does surprise me that it was such a high number considering the phone contract costs around $120, which adds up to about a six-months salary for the average Cuban citizen.

Via [Cellular-News]