US Mobile Company launches Cuba Phone Service

MOBILE NEWS – The US-based Boost Mobile telecommunications company, which is part of Sprint Corp., has launched a pre-paid phone service plan for US customers who want to call or send text messages to Cuba, following steps by Washington to ease restrictions on the Caribbean nation.

Last month, another US-based company, IDT Corporation, reached an accord with Cuba’s ETECSA Telecommunications Company to offer direct long-distance phone services.Boost Mobile is offering a pre-paid mobile phone plan without the need for a long-term contract, Cubadebate reported.

The plan costs $50 dollars, which the company described as being the lowest minute-based tariff for pre-paid operators to call Cuba, including unlimited text messages. More