LIM Center, Aleje Jerozolimskie 65/79, 00-697 Warsaw, Poland
+48 (22) 364 58 00

Reports

Timor-Leste’s Internet Evolution: Bridging the Digital Divide in 2025

Timor-Leste (East Timor) is making strides to overcome a long-standing digital divide. For years, this young Southeast Asian nation has grappled with low internet penetration, high costs, and slow speeds – a stark contrast to its more connected neighbors. However, recent developments such as the rollout of a submarine fiber-optic cable and the arrival of…
Read more

In-Flight Wi-Fi Takes Off: The Sky-High Race for Satellite Connectivity 2024–2030

In-flight connectivity (IFC) via satellite has shifted from a luxury novelty to an expected amenity in air travel. As airlines emerge from the pandemic, they are accelerating investments in high-speed Wi-Fi to meet passenger demand and gain competitive edge. Recent surveys show that 83% of passengers are more likely to rebook with an airline that…
Read more

Dominican Republic’s Digital Revolution: Fiber, 5G and Starlink Are Connecting Every Corner of Paradise

Historical Development Current State of Internet Infrastructure Dominican Republic internet penetration is high (~89% in 2024 datareportal.com), driven mostly by mobile broadband. As of mid-2023 there were 8.94 million mobile‑broadband subscriptions (about 73% of the population) versus only ~1.09 million fixed‑broadband lines (≈9%) trade.gov. Fixed broadband is available via fiber, cable and DSL in urban/suburban areas, while…
Read more

Telecommunications Infrastructure in Ukraine (2022–2025): Destruction and Resilience

Overview: Types of Infrastructure Targeted Ukraine’s telecommunications network encompasses a wide range of critical infrastructure that has come under attack since 2022. These include: Together, these attacks have aimed to sever Ukraine’s connectivity – both civilian communications and military command links – by dismantling the physical pillars of the internet, phone, and broadcast systems. The…
Read more

Sky’s the Limit: Earth-Observation Data & Analytics Market Set to Soar by 2031

Market Overview and Definition Satellite Earth observation covers remote sensing data from space (and high-altitude) sensors plus the analytics that turn imagery into actionable insights. The sector is rapidly evolving: by 2023 there were over 6,500 satellites in orbit, enabling unprecedented global coverage mordorintelligence.com. Today’s EO data includes optical images, radar (SAR) returns, hyperspectral scans,…
Read more

Dominica: Internet Infrastructure and Access Technologies

Dominica’s connectivity is carried by undersea cables and local networks. The island is a landing point on the Southern Caribbean Fiber (SCF) ring, a 3,000-km submarine cable linking 15 Eastern Caribbean islands (including Dominica) with high-capacity fiber southerncaribbeanfiber.com. On-island, the former Cable & Wireless (now Flow) network provides fixed DSL and coaxial/cable service, while Digicel (via…
Read more

Rural Broadband Revolution: Satellite Internet’s Sky-High Growth (2024–2030)

The global satellite broadband market is exploding – set to soar from just a few billion dollars today into the tens of billions by 2030. Market analyses report a global industry size of roughly $5–9 billion in 2023, with estimates ranging up to $24–23 billion by 2030 (annual CAGRs of 14–30% nextmsc.com globenewswire.com). This surge is…
Read more

Inside Djibouti’s Digital Frontier: The Rise of Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity

Djibouti has emerged as a critical connectivity hub at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Its fiber-optic infrastructure is anchored by numerous submarine cables landing on its Red Sea coast – Djibouti hosts roughly 10–12 international undersea cables african.business techpoint.africa. These high-capacity links (e.g. SMW3, EIG, SEA-ME-WE-5/6, AAE-1, EASSy, WIOCC, Yemeni cable,…
Read more

Bandwidth Wars: The High-Stakes Battle for High-Throughput Satellite Dominance (2025–2035)

HTS Technology Overview High-Throughput Satellites (HTS) are spaceborne relays designed to deliver dramatically higher data rates than traditional wide-beam satellites. They achieve this through numerous narrow spot-beams and advanced on-board processing, allowing aggressive frequency reuse. In practice, an HTS can deliver multiple times the throughput of a legacy FSS satellite using the same spectrum assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.…
Read more

Internet Access in Czechia: From Prague to the Sky

Overview of Internet Infrastructure in Czechia Czechia boasts a highly penetrated and diversified internet infrastructure, with about 91.6% of its population online as of 2023 datareportal.com. This translates to roughly 9.6 million internet users in a country of 10.5 million. Fixed broadband connections reached 4.1 million in 2023 ctu.gov.cz, meaning roughly 38–40 subscriptions per 100…
Read more