Reports

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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Introduction SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has rapidly expanded worldwide, now available in over 100 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and parts of South America thenationalnews.com. Since its beta launch in 2020, Starlink has amassed millions of subscribers (surpassing 4 million by late 2024) and deployed thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites en.wikipedia.org. Starlink offers several service…
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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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Starlink Overview: Business Model, Services, and Technology Business Model: Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite internet venture aiming to deliver broadband globally using a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Unlike traditional satellite ISPs that often partner with local distributors, Starlink primarily operates a direct-to-consumer model – users order a Starlink kit (dish antenna + WiFi router) and subscribe to monthly service.…
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Executive Summary and Market Overview The global space industry is experiencing robust growth in the mid-2020s, driven by commercial innovation and rising government investment. In 2024, the global space economy reached an estimated $415 billion in revenue, up 4% from the previous year sia.org. Commercial satellite activities dominate, accounting for about $293 billion (71%) of this total sia.org. The number of…
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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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