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.
National rates for Cubacel users
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 rates for Cubacel users
International calls do depend on prices adapted to different areas:
Venezuela 17.50 CUP/min
Rest of the world 27.50 CUP/min
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.
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.
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