Cuba USA
CENIAI -- The Center for Automatic Interchange of Information -- was Cuba's networking link to the Soviet bloc during the pre-Internet days. The CENIAI staff understood the potential importance of networking for Cuba and were enthusiastic members of the international networking community.
This photo, showing many members of the CENIAI staff, was taken on the malecón in Havana in 1990 by Oscar Visiedo who was director of CENIAI at the time. You can see Oscar's proud comments and the names of the people by following this link to Oscar Visiedo's Facebook page. (Jesus Martinez, who was CENIAI Director six years later when Cuba connected to the Internet, is second from the left in the back row).
This was taken six years before CENIAI got their first IP connection to the Internet.
These were the Cuban Internet pioneers.
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- Cuba's First Internet Connection
Jesus Martinez (l) and Internet pioneer Vint CerfCuba's first Internet connection was made in September 1996. CENIAI, the National Center of Automated Data Exchange, installed and managed the link. As was the custom in those days, CENIAI Director...
Cuba USA
CENIAI staff photo taken in 1990
This photo, showing many members of the CENIAI staff, was taken on the malecón in Havana in 1990 by Oscar Visiedo who was director of CENIAI at the time. You can see Oscar's proud comments and the names of the people by following this link to Oscar Visiedo's Facebook page. (Jesus Martinez, who was CENIAI Director six years later when Cuba connected to the Internet, is second from the left in the back row).
This was taken six years before CENIAI got their first IP connection to the Internet.
These were the Cuban Internet pioneers.
- Sprint Connected Cuba In 1996, How About 2016?
Does Sprint have an advantage over other US companies? Journalist Mark Walsh (@markfwal) sent me an interesting conjecture -- perhaps Sprint is well positioned to play a role in Cuba's mobile connectivity. He pointed out that Sprint already offers...
- The Cuban Internet -- A Look Back And Looking Forward
Does Raúl Castro still fear the Internet? Does he have reason to do so? I recently attended the 2015 Conference of the Association for the study of the Cuban Economy, where I was on a panel on the future of the Internet in Cuba with two friends who played...
- Cuba Led Early Caribbean Networking -- Might They Lead In The Future?
Grenada's Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, who heads CARICOM (the Caribbean Community Secretariat), has announced that CARICOM will send a science, technology and innovation committee delegation to Cuba with the hope of strengthening the regional...
- When Cubans And Americans Have Cooperated
Sprint, a U.S. corporation with funds from the U.S. National Science Foundation, provided Cuba's first Internet link. Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, praised Cuba for their contribution to the fight against ebola during...
- Cuba's First Internet Connection
Jesus Martinez (l) and Internet pioneer Vint CerfCuba's first Internet connection was made in September 1996. CENIAI, the National Center of Automated Data Exchange, installed and managed the link. As was the custom in those days, CENIAI Director...