Sprint announced Monday that it signed a wireless roaming agreement with the Telecommunications Company of Cuba, known as ETECSA, to take advantage of future business from U.S. travelers to that nation.

Sprint said it is the first U.S. wireless carrier to sign a direct agreement with ETECSA, although Verizon Wireless launched roaming services in Cuba in September. The difference is that Verizon’s roaming is achieved by piggybacking on to Vodafone’s roaming agreement with ETECSA, while Spring struck a deal with ETECSA directly, a Sprint spokeswoman said.

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