Author: Marcin Frąckiewicz

Brunei Darussalam, a small but wealthy nation on Borneo, is undergoing an internet revolution that defies its size. With nearly 99% of its people online datareportal.com and a nationwide rollout of 5G mobile and fiber broadband, Brunei’s digital landscape has leapt ahead in recent years. This report dives into Brunei’s surprisingly advanced internet infrastructure, the…
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Botswana is undergoing a digital transformation, dramatically expanding internet connectivity across its population. In the past decade, internet use in Botswana surged from roughly 30% of the population in 2013 to over three-quarters by 2024 en.wikipedia.org techcabal.com. This is notably higher than Africa’s overall internet usage (around 43% in 2023) and even above the global…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s internet landscape in 2025 is full of contradictions. On one hand, more people than ever are online – roughly 83% of the population uses the internet pulse.internetsociety.org – and mobile broadband coverage reaches almost the entire country. On the other hand, the fixed broadband infrastructure still lags behind regional standards, with fiber…
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Bolivia’s quest to bridge its digital divide is a story of geography and innovation. This landlocked nation – with sky-high Andean peaks and remote Amazonian villages – faces unique challenges in expanding internet access. The government and telecom providers have had to lay fiber across rugged terrain, beam signals from satellites, and extend mobile towers…
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Bhutan – a small Himalayan kingdom known for its Gross National Happiness philosophy – was a late adopter of modern communications, introducing television and the internet only in 1999 freiheit.org. In the two decades since, Bhutan has rapidly embraced the digital age. Today, internet connectivity reaches all 20 districts and even every school in the…
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Benin has witnessed a quiet but striking internet revolution over the past decade. In the early 2010s, internet use was in the single digits of the population; today roughly one-third of Beninese are online datareportal.com pulse.internetsociety.org. This rapid growth has been driven by improvements in infrastructure and aggressive government initiatives, yet significant challenges remain. The…
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Belize is experiencing a noteworthy digital transformation as of 2025. Internet usage has grown rapidly – about 304,000 people are online, representing 72.4% of the population datareportal.com datareportal.com. This is a dramatic rise from a decade ago, though it still means roughly 27.6% of Belizeans remain offline datareportal.com. Mobile connectivity is widespread: there were 345,000…
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Belgium’s internet landscape in 2025 is a story of contrasts and rapid change. The country enjoys near-universal broadband coverage and some of Europe’s fastest internet speeds, yet it lags behind on full fiber-optic adoption point-topic.com en.wikipedia.org. Urban areas boast gigabit connectivity via upgraded cable networks, while some rural communities still await fiber rollouts. A new…
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Belarus boasts a paradoxical internet landscape: on one hand, it has a highly developed network infrastructure with broad access and affordable high-speed connections; on the other hand, it operates under one of the most tightly controlled and censored regimes in Europe. As of 2022, nearly 89.5% of Belarusians were internet users freedomhouse.org, reflecting significant penetration…
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Barbados is one of the Caribbean’s frontrunners in internet connectivity, with widespread access for consumers and businesses alike. As of the mid-2020s, roughly four out of five Barbadians use the internet, reflecting a high penetration rate of around 80–85% of the population datareportal.com datareportal.com. Both individual users and enterprises increasingly rely on fast, reliable broadband…
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