Cuban diaspora families
Cubans living in Miami, Spain and elsewhere keep in touch with relatives on the island mainly through WhatsApp and imo calls.
Yes — you can get a real Cuba mobile number (+53) online in under a minute. It is a genuine mobile line, not VoIP: unlimited incoming SMS, 500 outgoing texts and 1,000 calling minutes a month from $4.52. Sign up with just an email, pay in crypto and keep it as long as you renew.
Cuba’s mobile network is run by a single state operator, and internet on phones only arrived widely in 2018, so messaging apps have become the main link between the island and a large diaspora. Families in Florida and Spain rely on WhatsApp and imo to reach relatives. For visitors, researchers and journalists, a +53 number helps keep those conversations on familiar terms.
Monthly
$4.52
per month
Yearly
$22.60
per year
Plans: unlimited incoming SMS & calls, 500 SMS + 1,000 minutes out every month. Renew as long as you want.
Digits are masked. The full number is shown once it is assigned to your account.
Included in every plan
Plan allowances apply to numbers you keep (monthly or yearly). Single-use OTP numbers are a separate product: one code, refunded automatically if no code arrives.
If your number has not sent or received a single SMS or call, you can get a full refund within 7 days of purchase — no questions asked.
Open the number in your dashboard and press “Request refund”. Eligible refunds are returned to your wallet instantly. Refund policy
Use cases
Cubans living in Miami, Spain and elsewhere keep in touch with relatives on the island mainly through WhatsApp and imo calls.
Visitors staying in private guesthouses in Havana, Trinidad or Viñales coordinate arrivals and taxis with hosts over WhatsApp.
Academics and reporters covering Cuba use a Cuban-format number to stay in contact with local sources and institutions.
How it works
No SIM card, no store visit and no ID. The whole process takes about a minute once your wallet is funded.
Get startedCreate an account
Sign up with just an email and a password — no phone number, no ID.
Top up with crypto
Add funds with BTC, USDT, ETH, LTC and more. Your wallet is credited on confirmation.
Choose Cuba
Pick a monthly ($4.52) or yearly ($22.60) plan for a +53 number you keep, or a single-use OTP number for one code.
Use it right away
SMS and codes appear in your live inbox within seconds; calls work from the dashboard.
Prices by service
Single-use OTP numbers for Cuba, priced per code. A number you keep receives SMS from all of these at no extra cost.
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Threads | $0.59 |
| Truth Social | $0.49 |
| VK | $0.49 |
| OK.ru | $0.39 |
| Twitch | $0.44 |
| Bluesky | $0.44 |
| Coinbase | $1.13 |
| Kraken | $0.98 |
| Bybit | $0.93 |
| OKX | $0.93 |
| KuCoin | $0.88 |
| Bitget | $0.88 |
| PayPal | $1.23 |
| Revolut | $1.18 |
| Wise | $1.13 |
| Stripe | $0.98 |
| Cash App | $1.08 |
| Microsoft | $0.59 |
| Outlook | $0.54 |
| Yahoo | $0.44 |
| Proton | $0.54 |
| Tuta (Tutanota) | $0.44 |
| Zoho | $0.44 |
| Yandex | $0.49 |
| Mail.ru | $0.39 |
| Naver | $0.74 |
| Dropbox | $0.44 |
| Claude | $0.83 |
| Gemini | $0.69 |
| Perplexity | $0.59 |
| eBay | $0.59 |
| Shopify | $0.54 |
| Alibaba | $0.54 |
| AliExpress | $0.49 |
| Temu | $0.44 |
| Shein | $0.44 |
| Walmart | $0.59 |
| Etsy | $0.54 |
| Craigslist | $0.64 |
| Vinted | $0.49 |
| OLX | $0.39 |
| Nike | $0.54 |
| Adidas | $0.49 |
| Mercado Libre | $0.49 |
| Tinder | $0.83 |
| Service | OTP price |
|---|---|
| Bumble | $0.78 |
| Hinge | $0.78 |
| Badoo | $0.49 |
| Happn | $0.49 |
| Grindr | $0.59 |
| OkCupid | $0.54 |
| Steam | $0.49 |
| Blizzard / Battle.net | $0.54 |
| Epic Games | $0.49 |
| Roblox | $0.39 |
| Riot Games | $0.49 |
| PlayStation | $0.54 |
| Xbox | $0.49 |
| Nintendo | $0.49 |
| Uber | $0.74 |
| Lyft | $0.69 |
| Bolt | $0.54 |
| Grab | $0.54 |
| Gojek | $0.49 |
| DoorDash | $0.64 |
| Deliveroo | $0.59 |
| Glovo | $0.49 |
| Airbnb | $0.69 |
| Netflix | $0.49 |
| Spotify | $0.44 |
| AWS | $0.64 |
| Booking.com | $0.54 |
| Cloudflare | $0.49 |
| Crypto.com | $0.98 |
| DigitalOcean | $0.54 |
| Fiverr | $0.54 |
| foodpanda | $0.44 |
| GitHub | $0.49 |
| Indeed | $0.44 |
| Payoneer | $1.08 |
| Shopee | $0.44 |
| Skrill | $0.98 |
| Slack | $0.44 |
| Uber Eats | $0.59 |
| Upwork | $0.59 |
| Venmo | $1.08 |
| YouTube | $0.59 |
| Zoom | $0.44 |
| Any other service | $0.49 |
A Cuba number is only useful if it is still yours next year. WhatsApp and Facebook — and most banks, marketplaces and exchanges — send codes to the number again when you switch phones, reset a password or log in from somewhere new.
Renew monthly ($4.52) or yearly ($22.60) and the same +53 number stays on your account for as long as you want. Nobody else is assigned it while you hold it, and auto-renew from your wallet means it never lapses by accident.
Mobile service in Cuba is provided by the state operator ETECSA, and visitors buying a local SIM must show their passport. Many foreign roaming plans do not cover Cuba.
With PhoneBorn you skip the SIM counter entirely: the Cuba number lives in your browser, so it works before you land, while you are there and after you leave — no roaming charges on incoming SMS.
Cuban diaspora families: Cubans living in Miami, Spain and elsewhere keep in touch with relatives on the island mainly through WhatsApp and imo calls.
FAQ
Create an account with just an email, top up with crypto and get a real mobile number — SMS and calls included — in under a minute.