Cuba to expand ​internet access to battle country's dire lack of connectivity

Thirty-five new Wi-Fi points with low usage costs will be a notable step in making online life easier in one of the world's least-connected countries

Cuba has announced plans to expand internet access by adding Wi-Fi capacity to dozens of state-run internet centers and more than halving the cost that users pay for an hour online.

The announcement published in Thursday's edition of the newspaper Juventud Rebelde is the first significant expansion of the internet in Cuba since President Barack Obama said on 17 December that the communist government had told him it would give its people more access as part of a historic detente between the cold war enemies.