Imagine a village high in the mountains or deep in the rainforest, once cut off from the online world, suddenly gaining high-speed internet from the sky. This is the promise of satellite internet. By beaming broadband connectivity from orbit, satellite networks are bridging the digital divide and transforming life in far-flung communities. In 2023, an…
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Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet has become a hotly contested “final frontier” of the telecom industry. Multiple players – notably SpaceX’s Starlink, the UK/India-backed OneWeb (now part of Eutelsat), Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Canada’s Telesat Lightspeed – are racing to blanket the globe in affordable, high-speed internet from space. All seek to deliver broadband to…
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Overview of Cambodia’s Internet Infrastructure Cambodia’s internet landscape has transformed rapidly over the past decade, heavily favoring wireless over wired connectivity. Mobile broadband is the primary backbone of internet access, with over 22 million cellular subscriptions in a country of ~17 million people datareportal.com – a penetration of 131.5% (many users own multiple SIMs). Major…
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A Starlink user terminal installed on a riverboat in remote Brazil, reflecting the service’s reach into areas underserved by terrestrial internet reuters.com. Despite such promise, Starlink’s global expansion has repeatedly run into regulatory roadblocks in different countries. Introduction: Starlink’s Global Ambitions vs. Regulatory Reality Starlink, the satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, aspires to deliver…
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Imagine sending a text from the middle of the ocean or deep in the mountains with no cell tower in sight. That’s the promise of Starlink’s new Direct-to-Cell technology – a “cell tower in space” that lets ordinary phones connect via satellite when terrestrial coverage is absent. In recent trials, SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have successfully…
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SpaceX’s Starlink has rapidly built a mega-constellation of satellites that is reshaping how the world accesses the internet. Since launching the first batch of 60 satellites in 2019, Starlink has put thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit to blanket the planet with broadband coverage blog.telegeography.com. By late 2024, nearly 7,000 Starlink satellites were in orbit…
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Burundi, a small landlocked nation in East Africa, faces a digital connectivity crisis. Despite modest improvements in recent years, it remains one of the world’s least-connected countries, with only about 11–12% of Burundians using the internet as of 2023–2024 ecofinagency.com datareportal.com. This report dives deep into the current state of internet access in Burundi –…
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Current State of Internet Access in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso’s digital landscape is marked by low internet penetration and heavy reliance on mobile networks. As of 2023, only about 17–20% of the population are internet users, well below the African average (~39%) pulse.internetsociety.org and the global average (~66%) datareportal.com. In raw numbers, that equates to…
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Market Overview The global drone market has grown rapidly in recent years and is poised for continued expansion through 2030. In 2024, the total drone industry (including consumer, commercial, and military systems) was estimated at about $73 billion grandviewresearch.com. Forecasts suggest this market could reach roughly $163–165 billion by 2030 (a mid-range projection at ~14% CAGR) grandviewresearch.com. Some…
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Overview of Bulgaria’s Internet Infrastructure and Landscape Bulgaria has a well-developed internet infrastructure for a country of its size. In recent years, the nation has invested heavily in high-speed broadband networks, especially fiber-optic lines in urban areas budde.com.au. This has led to excellent cross-platform competition in fixed broadband – customers can access the internet via…
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