Alphabet Inc's Google is poised to expand Internet access in Cuba, U.S. President Barack Obama told ABC News in an interview during his historic visit to the island nation, according to Reuters.
"One of the things that we'll be announcing here is that Google has a deal to start setting up more WiFi and broadband access on the island," Obama said in the interview that aired on Monday, March 21.
The news comes more than a year after the U.S. announced warmer relations with Cuba, which brought with it the possibility for American companies to do business in the country.
Early last year, Cuba also launched its first public Wi-Fi hotspots in its second largest city, but its $4.50 hourly fee was too expensive for most of its citizens. And this year, the country's state-owned ISP also announced that it would be bringing home broadband connections to a few neighborhoods in Old Havana. Even if Cubans can afford to get online with those offerings, they'll still have to deal with internet censorship, Engadget says.
