Cuba has finally begun making mobile internet available to its citizens today, reports Reuters. That’s huge for the Communist Caribbean island nation, which is home to some 11.5 million people. The plan is for the national telecom firm, ETECSA, to roll out access to its service nationwide by the end of 2018. That’ll see 5 million people – close to half the country’s population – gain access to mobile data before the year is out. Cuba has historically restricted access to internet services across the country. As Reuters notes, until 2013, you could only get online by visiting certain hotels…

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