Mobile services and rates in Cuba

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With a Cubacel phone number, you can make calls, send text messages, and use mobile data. Calls and SMS are free for the person receiving them. Charges apply only to the sender, based on the current rates.

Call rates vary based on distance and duration. The standard rate for national calls is 8.75 CUP per minute. However, during nighttime hours (10:59 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.), a reduced rate of 2.50 CUP per minute applies.

Cubacel's pricing for national calls is set in real time. This means that, for your calls in Cuba, you pay exactly the amount of seconds/minutes that you consume.

International calls do depend on prices adapted to different areas:

Text messages within national range (up to 160 characters) cost 1 CUP each. Sending a text message to any information service (news, famous quotes, horoscope) or participating in a poll or voting system, will have a rate of 4 CUP per outgoing text message.
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​Text messages to any other country will have a rate of 15 CUP.

There is another, less demanded, service: the multimedia message (MMS). In order to use this service, you must activate it in an ETECSA commercial office, have a cell phone supporting GPRS and configure it to be able to use this service.

The Voice & SMS plans from ETECSA are another type of customized package that you can purchase using your balance, to use for phone calls or text messages. In May 2025, ETECSA updated those offerings with new prices and a validity period of 35 days.

Voice Plans:

SMS Plans:

* All plans are valid for 35 days.

Mobile data purchases from Cuba are made directly from your cell phone using your available main balance, which can be recharged from abroad. In May 2025, ETECSA also changed the prices and offers for combined data plans. These now have a 35‑day validity period.

The combined plans with data, as announced in ETECSA’s new offers, include megabytes, minutes, and SMS, and can be used on the 4G, 3G, and 2G networks. Their maximum cost is 360 CUP:

*Each Etecsa plan also includes 300 MB of extra data for browsing Cuban websites (those ending in “.cu”).

Also priced in CUP, but at higher rates, are the Extra Data Plans. These include data only. They can be purchased through Transfermóvil, the MiTransfer wallet, the Servicios en Línea app, or at ETECSA Commercial Office locations:

*Each plan includes 300 MB for browsing Cuban websites.

The Extra Data Plans in USD can only be purchased in Cuba through the MiTransfer wallet or with international cards at ETECSA Commercial Office locations. All of them include a 300 MB bonus for browsing national websites:

*All include 300 MB for browsing local Cuban websites.

Remember: Mixed plans are valid for 35 days from the use of any of the resources they include, and these can be accumulated if a new plan is purchased before the deadline.

This plan is exclusively for using the Cuban messaging app ToDus and Correo Nauta (Nauta Email). It includes 600 MB for 25 CUP:

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