By December 2019, fiber connections in Georgia (country) totaled 758,680, with DSL at 41,345 and FTTH accounting for over 82% of fixed broadband. Georgia’s national backbone lands at the Black Sea port of Poti and runs along rail lines to Tbilisi, interconnecting Armenia and Azerbaijan. Starlink became available in Georgia in November 2023 after mid-2022…
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As of January 2025, internet penetration stands at 61.5% of the population (about 146,000 online) with around 170,000 active mobile connections. The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable landed in São Tomé in 2012–2013, with its final southern segment completed in 2021, increasing international bandwidth from about 50 Mbps to over 4,500 Mbps. CST…
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In 2025, Amazon Web Services announced a $10 billion investment in North Carolina to build an AI-focused data center campus in Richmond County, creating 500 jobs. AWS plans new data centers in Chile, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan, with CEO Matt Garman calling the expansion pace “breakneck” to support AI workloads. Alibaba Cloud opened…
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The Dniester PSP Hydro Plant Expansion (Phase) by Ukrhydroenergo had a contract awarded in 2024 worth over UA,h 4 billion to expand the Dniester Pumped Storage Power Plant and boost hydroelectric capacity with multi-year construction. Tyligulska Wind Farm – Phase II Expansion, led by DTEK, involves €450 million announced in January 2025 to purchase 64…
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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…
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Dominica is a landing point on the 3,000-km Southern Caribbean Fiber (SCF) ring linking 15 Eastern Caribbean islands. On-island, Flow (formerly Cable & Wireless) provides fixed DSL and coaxial/cable service, while Digicel Play offers cable/FTTP over an upgraded HFC network. In 2018 Digicel won a 15-year contract to overhaul Dominica’s telecommunications, rebuilding towers and fiber…
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