Cuba will offer Internet access to its citizens from 4 June at more than 100 cybersalons across the island, local authorities announced.

Currently, unrestricted access to Internet in Cuba is available only in some institutions, offices and luxury hotels. Just 2.6 million Cubans, out of a population of 11.2 million, can be connected to the net, but through a state-controlled “intranet.”

The new step doesn't mean that citizens will have free and uncontrolled conne...