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Mateusz Kaczmarek

A technology and finance expert writing for TS2.tech. He analyzes developments in satellites, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on their impact on global markets. Author of industry reports and market commentary, often cited in tech and business media. Passionate about innovation and the digital economy.

Chad’s Digital Desert: The Shocking Truth Behind the Country’s Internet Revolution

Chad’s Digital Desert: The Shocking Truth Behind the Country’s Internet Revolution

About 2.74 million people in Chad use the internet in 2025, just 13% of the population. Mobile subscriptions stand at 14.5 million, with most internet access via mobile networks. Starlink launched broadband service in late 2024, offering speeds up to 150 Mbps for $50 a month. The government targets nationwide coverage by end-2025 and seeks $30 billion in investment to expand broadband and electrification.
6 June 2025
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Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know About Differential and Precise Point Positioning

Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know About Differential and Precise Point Positioning

RTK delivers centimeter-level accuracy in real time when the base is within 10–20 km, while PPP provides similar accuracy globally but requires minutes to converge. John Deere’s StarFire system improved from 10 cm to 5 cm accuracy using dual-frequency GPS+GLONASS. Galileo HAS began global decimeter-level PPP corrections in 2023. The u-blox ZED-F9P module enables centimeter-level positioning for drones and robots at low cost.
6 June 2025
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Internet Access in Cape Verde: Current Status and Outlook

Internet Access in Cape Verde: Current Status and Outlook

About 73.5% of Cape Verde’s population, or roughly 387,000 people, were internet users in early 2025. More than 600,000 mobile cellular connections were active, exceeding the population, with 91% broadband-capable. Fixed broadband speeds averaged 19.8 Mbps down and 12 Mbps up by early 2025. Starlink launched in late 2024, and mobile data costs fell 88% from 2022 to 2023.
6 June 2025
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Global Navigation Showdown: How GPS III, Galileo, BeiDou & GLONASS Upgrades Will Change How You Navigate

Global Navigation Showdown: How GPS III, Galileo, BeiDou & GLONASS Upgrades Will Change How You Navigate

SpaceX launched the GPS III satellite Katherine Johnson in 2025, part of a modernization delivering triple the accuracy and stronger anti-jamming. Galileo reached 27 satellites by late 2024, targeting 30 by end-2025, with its HAS service offering 20 cm horizontal accuracy since 2023. BeiDou-3 provides real-time positioning with 16 cm horizontal accuracy. Russia’s GLONASS-K2, set for 2025, aims for 0.3 m accuracy by 2030.
6 June 2025
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The Space Race for the Internet: Inside the Billion-Dollar Satellite Mega-Constellation Boom

The Space Race for the Internet: Inside the Billion-Dollar Satellite Mega-Constellation Boom

Starlink operates about 7,500 active satellites as of mid-2025, over 60% of all in orbit, with new v2 models weighing 800 kg and featuring laser links. Amazon’s Project Kuiper launched its first 27 satellites in April 2025, aiming for 3,236 total. OneWeb merged with Eutelsat after completing its Gen1 constellation. China’s Guowang and Qianfan each plan 13,000 satellites, with tests starting late 2024.
5 June 2025
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Inside America’s Silent Sentinels: The Untold Story of GSSAP in Space Surveillance

Inside America’s Silent Sentinels: The Untold Story of GSSAP in Space Surveillance

GSSAP-1 and GSSAP-2 launched July 28, 2014, from Cape Canaveral, with GSSAP-3 and GSSAP-4 following in 2016 and GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 in 2022, expanding the U.S. surveillance constellation in geosynchronous orbit. The satellites have drawn international scrutiny for close approaches to Russian and Chinese GEO satellites. GSSAP-2 was retired to graveyard orbit in August 2023. GSSAP-7 and 8 are planned for launch by 2027.
5 June 2025
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Mega-Constellations Exposed: How Swarms of Tiny Satellites Are Taking Over Low Earth Orbit

“No Signal? No Problem!” – Next‑Gen Satellite Phones Set to Change Everything

Apple’s iPhone 14 debuted Emergency SOS via satellite in 2022, expanding to satellite texting in the iPhone 15. SpaceX’s Starlink plans to launch basic satellite text messaging in the U.S. by 2024 with T-Mobile. Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro became the first phone to support direct satellite voice calls in 2023. Deloitte expects over 200 million satellite-capable smartphones to be sold in 2024.
5 June 2025
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Orbiting at Zero Speed: How Geostationary Satellites Rule Global Communications

Orbiting at Zero Speed: How Geostationary Satellites Rule Global Communications

Intelsat I (Early Bird), launched in April 1965, was the first commercial satellite in geostationary orbit, enabling regular telecommunications between Europe and North America. GEO satellites orbit 35,786 km above the equator and appear fixed from the ground, allowing stationary antennas. The Clarke Belt, named after Arthur C. Clarke, hosts these satellites. End-of-life GEO satellites are moved to a graveyard orbit about 300 km higher.
5 June 2025
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Connected Canada: A Comprehensive Look at Internet Access in 2025

Connected Canada: A Comprehensive Look at Internet Access in 2025

By early 2025, 93.5% of Canadian households have access to high-speed internet, up from 79% in 2014. Rogers became the largest broadband provider after acquiring Shaw in 2023, serving about 7 million customers. The Universal Broadband Fund targets 98% coverage by 2026. In November 2023, the CRTC ordered large carriers to open fiber networks to third-party providers in Ontario and Quebec.
5 June 2025
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Mega-Constellations Exposed: How Swarms of Tiny Satellites Are Taking Over Low Earth Orbit

Mega-Constellations Exposed: How Swarms of Tiny Satellites Are Taking Over Low Earth Orbit

Small satellites made up over 95% of all satellites launched in 2024. SpaceX’s Starlink led with more than 7,000 active satellites, aiming for up to 42,000 with FCC approval for 12,000. The FCC now requires satellites to deorbit within five years of retirement. Amazon’s Kuiper, OneWeb, and Iridium also expanded networks, targeting global coverage with hundreds to thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit.
5 June 2025
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How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Disaster Response and Humanitarian Relief

How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Disaster Response and Humanitarian Relief

Hurricane Maria in 2017 knocked out 95% of Puerto Rico’s cell towers, cutting phone service across the island. SpaceX Starlink and other LEO satellite networks have since provided emergency internet in disasters, including Ukraine’s war, Tonga’s 2022 tsunami, and Florida after Hurricane Ian. Starlink’s terminals require only power and sky access, delivering up to 200 Mbps per user. Over 70,000 new LEO satellites are planned by 2030.
4 June 2025
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Internet Access in Cameroon: The Race to Connect a Nation

Internet Access in Cameroon: The Race to Connect a Nation

About 12.4 million Cameroonians, or 41.9% of the population, used the internet in early 2025, with access concentrated in cities. Cameroon’s fiber backbone spans over 12,000 km and connects to five undersea cables, with plans to add 4,000 km. Mobile connections reached 25.4 million in 2024, but fixed broadband remains below 2%. Starlink is not licensed; imports were banned in 2024.
4 June 2025
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Inside the Sky Shield: How Secure Is Your Satellite Internet?

Inside the Sky Shield: How Secure Is Your Satellite Internet?

On February 24, 2022, a cyberattack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network in Europe disabled about 40,000 modems by targeting a ground VPN appliance and pushing malicious firmware. Starlink’s low Earth orbit system offers latency of 20–40 ms, compared to 500–700 ms for traditional GEO satellites. Unencrypted satellite downlinks can be intercepted with $300 in equipment. Ground stations remain a key vulnerability for network-wide attacks.
4 June 2025
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Satellite vs Fiber Internet: The 2025 Latency & Bandwidth Showdown

Satellite vs Fiber Internet: The 2025 Latency & Bandwidth Showdown

Fiber-optic broadband offers latency of 10–30 ms and gigabit speeds, with over 76 million U.S. homes reached by end-2024. Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellites deliver 20–50 ms latency, 50–150 Mbps download speeds, and covered 1.4 million U.S. subscribers by mid-2025. Starlink hardware costs about $599, with monthly service at $110–$120. Gigabit fiber plans typically cost $70–$90 per month.
4 June 2025
The Sky Connect: How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Rural and Remote Life

The Sky Connect: How Satellite Internet Is Revolutionizing Rural and Remote Life

SpaceX Starlink has launched over 7,000 LEO satellites since 2019, reaching 4 million subscribers and 130 countries by late 2024, with user speeds of 50–200 Mbps. OneWeb achieved global coverage in early 2023 with 618 satellites, now focusing on enterprise and government. ViaSat-3’s three GEO satellites launched in 2023–2024 offer near-global coverage at up to 100 Mbps. Amazon’s Project Kuiper targets late 2025 service.
3 June 2025
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Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Starlink reached its 250th dedicated launch by April 2025, operating over 8,000 satellites in 125 countries. OneWeb merged with Eutelsat in 2023 after a UK/India bailout, with 618 satellites deployed. Amazon’s Kuiper began launches in April 2025, aiming for 3,236 satellites. Telesat Lightspeed secured $2.54 billion in Canadian funding in 2024, targeting first launches in 2026.
3 June 2025
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Cambodia’s Internet Boom or Digital Doom? Inside the Kingdom’s Connected Revolution

Cambodia’s Internet Boom or Digital Doom? Inside the Kingdom’s Connected Revolution

Cambodia reported over 22 million cellular subscriptions in 2023, far exceeding its population of 17 million, as multiple SIM use drives mobile penetration to 131.5%. Fixed internet subscriptions stood at about 310,000. Metfone led the market with around 10 million users. A new Hong Kong–Sihanoukville submarine cable is set to add 640 km of undersea fiber in 2024.
3 June 2025
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Why Starlink Keeps Hitting Red Tape Around the World

Why Starlink Keeps Hitting Red Tape Around the World

By late 2024, Starlink operated about 7,000 satellites, controlling nearly two-thirds of all active satellites. In May 2025, India granted Starlink a Letter of Intent with strict security and compliance conditions. Russia barred Starlink in February 2024, while China has not licensed the service and is drafting censorship rules. In September 2024, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Starlink to block access to X, with license threats enforced within a day.
3 June 2025
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No Signal? No Problem – Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Satellites Are Eliminating Dead Zones

No Signal? No Problem – Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Satellites Are Eliminating Dead Zones

SpaceX and T-Mobile began offering Starlink Direct-to-Cell beta text service in late 2024, following FCC conditional approval and successful SMS tests using Gen2 satellites. By February 2025, commercial service launched in the US and New Zealand, with T-Mobile opening testing to non-customers. Current service supports SMS only, with data and voice planned for later in 2025. Connectivity requires outdoor sky visibility and uses licensed 4G LTE spectrum.
3 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Invesco Price Target Cut by 12.17% to €26.13 Amid Mixed Institutional Moves
    April 12, 2026, 8:35 AM EDT. Invesco's (BIT:1IVZ) average one-year price target fell by 12.17% to €26.13, down from €29.75. Despite the drop, the target still indicates a 32.25% rise from the current €19.76 share price. Institutional holdings decreased 10.36% in the past quarter, with 631 funds reporting positions-a 41.95% decline in owners. Notable shifts include Millennium Management boosting shares by 7.31%, while Aqr Capital slashed holdings by 10.54%. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance maintained steady at 18.31% ownership. Average portfolio weight across funds rose 8.35% to 0.21%. The mixed changes reflect cautious fund sentiment as analysts adjust outlooks on Invesco's stock.

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Bitcoin Price Today Slips After Iran Talks End Without Deal, but ETF Buyers Keep Showing Up

Bitcoin Price Today Slips After Iran Talks End Without Deal, but ETF Buyers Keep Showing Up

12 April 2026
Bitcoin fell 1.4% to $71,707 on Sunday after U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad ended without a deal. Spot bitcoin ETFs logged net inflows last week, with BlackRock and Fidelity leading Friday’s buying. Morgan Stanley launched its MSBT fund on April 8, the first Wall Street bank to debut a bitcoin ETF. U.S. inflation data showed headline CPI up 3.3% in March, while core CPI rose 2.6%.
XRP Price Today: XRP Slips to $1.33 After Failed U.S.-Iran Talks Hit Crypto

XRP Price Today: XRP Slips to $1.33 After Failed U.S.-Iran Talks Hit Crypto

12 April 2026
XRP slipped about 1% to $1.33 on Sunday after U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad ended without a deal, pressuring crypto markets. The token traded in a narrow range, with bitcoin and ether also weaker. XRP’s market cap stands at $81.7 billion, with $1.96 billion in daily volume. The token remains 63.5% below its all-time high.
Gold Price Today: Bullion Near $4,762 After Weekly Gain, but Failed Iran Talks Cloud Outlook

Gold Price Today: Bullion Near $4,762 After Weekly Gain, but Failed Iran Talks Cloud Outlook

12 April 2026
Spot gold steadied at $4,761.79 an ounce Friday after a third weekly gain, with U.S. futures at $4,787.40. The dollar posted its biggest weekly drop since January, making gold cheaper for non-U.S. buyers. U.S.-Iran talks ended without a deal, keeping geopolitical risks high. China’s central bank increased gold reserves for a 17th month, reaching 74.38 million ounces.
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 12.04.2026

12 April 2026
Futu Holdings (FUTU) rose 10.2% in the past week but trades 13.4% below its January level. Shares closed at $154.50, while analysts estimate intrinsic value at $245.48. The company posted a 92.2% return over 12 months. Valuation models indicate earnings exceed risk costs, supporting long-term growth projections.
India F-35 Deal Hits Pause: Lockheed Martin Says No Direct Talks, U.S. Door Still Open

India F-35 Deal Hits Pause: Lockheed Martin Says No Direct Talks, U.S. Door Still Open

11 April 2026
Lockheed Martin said it is not in direct talks with India over the F-35, clarifying that any approach must go through official U.S. and Indian channels under the Foreign Military Sales process. Indian officials confirmed no formal discussions on acquiring the F-35 have begun. India recently approved a $40 billion military upgrade, including other fighter jets, while Lockheed’s F-21 remains in a separate competition.
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