ETECSA announces a new way to extend the validity of mobile lines

TheCuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) reported the reduction of the minimum amount necessary to extend the life cycle of mobile lines, starting Friday, December 15.

Through its official channels, the communications monopoly on the island announced that any recharge, purchase of "Combined Plans" and "Packages" for an amount equal to or greater than 100 Cuban pesos will extend the life cycle of the mobile line of the customer for 330 days.

This means that theCustomer's mobile line will remain active for an additional 330 days from the date of purchase, plus an additional 30 non-active days, valid only for recharging, they need

According towebsite of the institution, customers can recharge their mobile line through all the means available to the company, which are: Online services, with the use of so-called payment gatewaysTransfermobile OGOD, and theMiTransfer wallet.

To verify the extension in the life cycle of cell lines, customers can dial the code *222#.

In 2014 ETECSA established a cell line life cycle, which consisted of every prepaid mobile phone user who recharged, regardless of the amount, but respecting the mandatory minimum of 5.00 cuc, would have their cell line active for a period of 330 days.

As with the current measure, in those years the provision was made to grant the user, in addition to these 330 days, another 30 additional days after the expiration of the useful life cycle, during which time the line remains inactive until a new recharge is carried out. At the end of that period, if the customer does not recharge, he or she will lose the line.