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Grenadines Internet Access 2025: Fiber, 4G, and Starlink Connecting Paradise

Grenadines Internet Access 2025: Fiber, 4G, and Starlink Connecting Paradise

In 2019, the World Bank–funded CARCIP project installed a subsea fiber-optic cable linking St. Vincent to the Grenadines, with over 150 miles laid by late 2019 and open access for both Digicel and Flow. Flow’s Bequia upgrade in 2021 migrated services from copper DSL and microwave backhaul to hybrid fiber-coax, delivering minimum speeds of 50 Mbps and top tiers around 250 Mbps, a 25× average speed increase. Digicel+ Fiber was launched as SVG’s 100% fiber-to-the-home network, with residential plans from 250 Mbps down (125 Mbps up) to 500 Mbps down (250 Mbps up), roughly EC$129/month for Fibre 250 and EC$225/month
10 August 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s Internet Revolution? Inside the 2025 Connectivity Boom and Bust

Guinea-Bissau’s Internet Revolution? Inside the 2025 Connectivity Boom and Bust

Internet use rose from 2.9% in 2012 to about 32% by January 2024, with 686,200 users then and an estimated 723,000 by January 2025. Guinea-Bissau connected to the ACE submarine cable in November 2022 and established its first Internet Exchange Point in Bissau. 4G coverage reached about 68% of the population in 2023. There was no 5G in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025, with no licenses or pilots announced. Mobile subscriptions totaled 2.25 million in early 2024, rising to 2.62 million in 2025 (roughly 120% of the population). By 2025, over 1,000 villages that previously had no signal now have at
9 August 2025
Complete Guide to Internet Access in Sri Lanka: Fiber, 4G, and Satellite Expansion

Complete Guide to Internet Access in Sri Lanka: Fiber, 4G, and Satellite Expansion

As of early 2025, Sri Lanka has 29.3 million mobile subscriptions, exceeding its population. SLT’s national fiber backbone spans about 45,000 km. By mid-2022, SLT had infrastructure for 1 million fiber connections, with about 500,000 households connected, and aimed to reach 2 million by end-2023. 4G LTE coverage is essentially 100% of the population as of 2024, with 2G nearly 100%. Dialog Axiata and Mobitel have begun pre-commercial 5G trials, with live test zones in Colombo delivering speeds over 500 Mbps. TRCSL licensed SpaceX Starlink Lanka in August 2024 to provide nationwide satellite broadband under a five-year license. In March
8 August 2025
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Myanmar’s Internet Dilemma: From Blackouts to Starlink Dreams

Myanmar’s Internet Dilemma: From Blackouts to Starlink Dreams

In 2021, more than 400 cell towers were destroyed amid fighting, crippling parts of Myanmar’s mobile network. MPT’s FTTH network expanded to 154 of 330 townships by early 2024, up from 27 townships in 2019. As of early 2024, Myanmar had about 64.3 million mobile connections (roughly 117% SIM penetration), with 4G coverage around 90% of the population and 5G footprint below 1%. By late 2024, well over 3,000 Starlink dishes were reportedly active in Myanmar, with more than 80 units confiscated in 2022. In December 2021 the MoTC ordered mobile operators to double data prices, and by 2023 the
5 August 2025
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Pakistan’s Internet Access Frontier: Fiber Optics, 5G Delays, and Starlink’s Big Promise

Pakistan’s Internet Access Frontier: Fiber Optics, 5G Delays, and Starlink’s Big Promise

By January 2025, Pakistan had 116 million internet users, about 45.7% of the population. By early 2025, Pakistan had 190+ million mobile connections, roughly 75% of the population, with many people using multiple SIMs. Fixed broadband penetration remains under 2%, with about 3.6 million fixed subscriptions. Fiber backhaul is still limited, with fiber teledensity around 0.45% and only 9–11% of towers fiber-connected, well below a 40% international benchmark. Around mid-2024, 4G/3G coverage reached about 81% of the population, and more than 95% of cell sites supported 4G LTE. Pakistan has not launched commercial 5G as of 2025, with the PTA
3 August 2025
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Internet Access in the Micronesian Region: Status, Challenges, and Outlook (2025)

Internet Access in the Micronesian Region: Status, Challenges, and Outlook (2025)

The Micronesian region comprises the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Kiribati. In 2010 the HANTRU-1 fiber cable reached Majuro and Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, branching from Pohnpei to FSM, marking the region’s first international fiber backbone. Palau connected to the SEA-US cable in 2017 and is slated to receive a second Echo cable spur by 2025 to boost redundancy. The East Micronesia Cable (EMC) project began in 2022 and is on track for completion by late 2025, linking Nauru, Tarawa, and Kosrae via FSM’s Pohnpei hub. SpaceX Starlink became available in 2022–23, with
2 August 2025
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Inside Madagascar’s Internet Revolution: From Mobile Networks to Starlink Skies

Inside Madagascar’s Internet Revolution: From Mobile Networks to Starlink Skies

Madagascar is connected to four major submarine cables—EASSy, LION/LION2, METISS, and 2Africa—with the 2Africa landing at Mahajanga in February 2023 and becoming operational in late 2023. Fixed broadband penetration is extremely low, at about 0.11 per 100 people in 2023, forcing most of the population to rely on mobile networks. Market shares are Telma about 50%, Orange about 30%, Airtel about 7%, Blueline’s bip about 2%, and SpaceX Starlink around 10% of Madagascar’s internet market as of 2024–2025. 4G coverage reaches roughly 71% of the population, while overall mobile signal availability sits around 92%. Madagascar experimented with 5G early on:
1 August 2025
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Internet Access in Georgia (Country) vs Georgia (U.S. State): Infrastructure, Coverage, Providers & Digital Divide

Internet Access in Georgia (Country) vs Georgia (U.S. State): Infrastructure, Coverage, Providers & Digital Divide

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 ComCom authorization, with service priced around 160 GEL per month and a one-time equipment cost of 1,780 GEL. MagtiCom and Silknet dominate Georgia’s fixed broadband market, together accounting for about 78% of subscriptions in May 2023 (MagtiCom ~47.7%, Silknet ~30.9%). Open Net, a nonprofit fiber
31 July 2025
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Inside Tajikistan’s Internet: Connectivity Challenges, Costs, and the Satellite Solution

Inside Tajikistan’s Internet: Connectivity Challenges, Costs, and the Satellite Solution

Since 2016, Tajikistan requires all ISPs to route international traffic through the state-controlled Single Communications Gateway via EKTs, enabling surveillance and censorship. Fixed-line broadband penetration is effectively zero, with about 6,000 fixed broadband subscriptions nationwide (roughly 0.07% of the population) as of 2025. Mobile internet dominates, with 10.54 million active mobile connections by early 2024 (about 102.9% of the population) and 4G coverage reaching roughly 72% of people by end-2022. Tajiktelecom monopoly on international bandwidth; in 2018 the government deprived ISPs of the right to buy international bandwidth from abroad, forcing purchases from Tajiktelecom at inflated prices, with bandwidth sold
30 July 2025
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Connecting São Tomé and Príncipe: Internet Access in 2025 – Infrastructure, Challenges, and Opportunities

Connecting São Tomé and Príncipe: Internet Access in 2025 – Infrastructure, Challenges, and Opportunities

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 accounts for about 95% of internet subscriptions, and Unitel STP entered the market in 2014 after a unified license granted in 2013 for $1.62 million. Unitel STP launched the first 4G LTE service in May 2023, and by 2025 4G is available in the capital
29 July 2025
Internet Access in Nauru: Infrastructure, Access, and Future Outlook

Internet Access in Nauru: Infrastructure, Access, and Future Outlook

Nauru has a population of about 12,000 and an area of 21 km², with roughly 83% of residents using the internet as of 2023. Since 2022–2023, SpaceX Starlink has become available in Nauru, and the Starlink Community Gateway on Command Ridge began operating in December 2024. In January 2025 Neotel launched a nationwide 5G network in Nauru, marketed as the first nationwide 5G+ network in Oceania. Digicel Nauru launched the island’s first GSM mobile network in August 2009, initially with about a two-year monopoly. Telstra acquired Digicel Pacific in 2021, bringing Digicel Nauru under Australia’s largest telecom group. By 2023
28 July 2025
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Internet Access in Gabon 2025: Fiber, Mobile Networks, and the Satellite Revolution

Internet Access in Gabon 2025: Fiber, Mobile Networks, and the Satellite Revolution

Gabon’s internet usage reaches about 72% of the population in January 2025, with roughly 1.84 million internet users out of a ~2.57 million population. Over 91% of Gabon’s population is urban, yet about 1,253 villages lacked any mobile coverage as of early 2024, with 200 additional villages planned for Phase 2 in 2024. Moov Africa Gabon Telecom and Airtel Gabon dominate the mobile market in 2025, each with roughly half the subscribers, offering 2G/3G/4G nationwide and no commercial 5G yet. CanalBox FTTH from Group Vivendi Africa (GVA) launched in 2017, with Libreville fiber passing over 130,000 homes and businesses and
25 July 2025
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No Signal? No Problem – T-Mobile’s Starlink Satellite Service Launches to End Dead Zones

No Signal? No Problem – T-Mobile’s Starlink Satellite Service Launches to End Dead Zones

T-Mobile’s satellite service, T-Satellite, is now live nationwide and out of beta, making it the first major U.S. carrier to offer direct satellite coverage for ordinary smartphones. The service piggybacks SpaceX’s Starlink satellites and requires no extra antenna or app, automatically connecting when the phone can see the sky. T-Satellite relies on a constellation of over 650 Starlink satellites and initially supports SMS and location sharing, with MMS partially supported and iPhone MMS to follow. Intro pricing is $10 per month for a limited time, rising to $15 later, with top-tier plans such as Experience Beyond at $100/month and Go5G
23 July 2025
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Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

As of January 2025, about 11.3 million Senegalese use the internet, representing 60.6% of the population, with roughly 4 in 10 still offline. There were 22.7 million active mobile connections in early 2025, about 121% of the population due to multiple SIM cards. Approximately 90% of Senegal’s mobile connections are on 3G/4G/5G networks, i.e., broadband capable. Senegal gained access to the 45,000 km 2Africa subsea cable after landing in Dakar in late 2023, backed by Meta and partners. Senegal’s 5G era began with Orange Sonatel launching 5G services on June 8, 2024 in Dakar, after Free obtained a 5G license
23 July 2025
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Everything You Need to Know About Internet Access in Italy: From Fiber to Satellite

Everything You Need to Know About Internet Access in Italy: From Fiber to Satellite

As of June 2023, 59.6% of Italian households were passed by FTTH, roughly in line with the EU average of about 64%. Fixed broadband in mid-2023 relied on copper DSL for almost all households (99.8% coverage), with FTTC/VDSL coverage at 96.4% and VDSL2 speeds often exceeding 100 Mbps near cabinets. FTTH is the fastest-growing fixed broadband technology, with major deployments by TIM’s FiberCop and Open Fiber across the country. Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is pivotal in rural areas, with EOLO covering 6,500+ municipalities and about 79% of homes in low-density areas, offering 30–100 Mbps services. 4G LTE coverage is near
22 July 2025
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You Won’t Believe What Google Did This Month: July 2025’s Biggest Stories

You Won’t Believe What Google Did This Month: July 2025’s Biggest Stories

In July 2025, Google rolled out Gemini Code Assist with an “agent mode” that can analyze an entire codebase and autonomously implement multi-file changes from a single prompt, with IDE context-control enhancements. Google DeepMind published mid-July 2025 a Mixture-of-Recursions (MoR) architecture that doubles inference speed and reduces memory by about 50% by looping over a compact set of layers to handle the toughest tokens. Google globally launched the Veo 3 video-generation model in 159+ countries, enabling AI-generated videos up to 8 seconds from text prompts and capping free use to three videos per day for AI Pro subscribers. Pixel 9
21 July 2025
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Montenegro’s Internet Access, Byte by Byte: Infrastructure, Providers, Speeds & Trends

Montenegro’s Internet Access, Byte by Byte: Infrastructure, Providers, Speeds & Trends

By the end of 2022, roughly 71% of Montenegrin households were covered by fiber (FTTH/B), with speeds from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps and about 49% of fixed broadband subscriptions fiber-based by late 2023. 4G LTE networks cover 97–98% of the population across 800/1800/2600 MHz bands, with LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation on 2–3 bands raising speeds beyond the 2019 average of about 10 Mbps. 5G launched in 2022, initially via 4G spectrum sharing and later on dedicated 3.6 GHz bands; by early 2023, 5G covered about 75.8% of the population (roughly 10.3% of the territory), with commercial deployment in Podgorica, Bar,
21 July 2025
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Digital Lifeline: Internet Access in Malta from Fibre to Satellite

Digital Lifeline: Internet Access in Malta from Fibre to Satellite

Malta has 100% fixed broadband coverage with gigabit-capable networks via fiber or upgraded cable, exceeding the EU average of 70% and ranking 6th in the 2022 DESI index for digital development. As of early 2024, FTTH connections accounted for about 34% of fixed broadband subscriptions, up from 26.8% in 2023. GO’s True Fibre network offers up to 1000 Mbps download, with about 96% geographic fiber coverage achieved by 2023 and a target of 100% FTTH by end-2025. Melita’s DOCSIS 3.1 cable network delivers gigabit download speeds nationwide and Melita launched a 2.5 Gbps residential plan in 2023. Epic markets fiber
20 July 2025
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Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Honduras: A Digital Lifeline in Central America

Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Honduras: A Digital Lifeline in Central America

As of early 2024, about 7.03 million Hondurans were internet users, representing 65.9% of the population. Internet penetration rose from roughly 25–30% in the mid-2010s to about 61% in 2023 and 66% in 2024. There is a sharp urban-rural divide, with about 55% of urban residents online in 2019 versus around 20% of rural residents. In 2024, Honduras had 8.41 million active mobile cellular connections, roughly 79% of the population, with many people using multiple SIM cards. By 2023, about 85% of the population had access to at least a basic 4G signal from Tigo and Claro, though speeds differ
19 July 2025
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Internet Access in Vatican City: History, Infrastructure, Providers, and Modern Challenges

Internet Access in Vatican City: History, Infrastructure, Providers, and Modern Challenges

The Holy See published its first website, www.vatican.va, on December 25, 1995, marking Vatican City’s online debut and the creation of the Vatican Internet Service. By the late 1990s the Vatican established the Internet Office of the Holy See as its ISP, connected Vatican City to the global internet, and secured the .va domain for the state. In 2010 a contract with Telecom Italia deployed a fiber-optic network linking Vatican sites and extraterritorial properties such as Castel Gandolfo and the Vatican Radio transmission center. By 2020 about 5,000 Vatican telephone lines were connected through an IMS digital exchange, with fiber
18 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

7 February 2026
Linde plc shares fell 2.5% to $448.24 Friday after reporting Q4 sales up 6% to $8.76 billion and adjusted EPS of $4.20. The company guided 2026 adjusted EPS to $17.40–$17.90, below analyst consensus. JPMorgan downgraded the stock, while Morgan Stanley and UBS raised price targets. Linde repurchased $1.4 billion in shares in Q4 and returned $7.4 billion to shareholders in 2025.
GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
GE Vernova shares jumped 5.6% to $779.35 Friday as Wall Street rallied and the company reported 1.1 GW of U.S. wind repower orders for 2025. The company also closed its $5.3 billion purchase of the remaining Prolec GE stake and completed a $2.6 billion senior notes offering. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
Citi stock jumps 6% as consent-order exit talk builds — what to watch next week

Citi stock jumps 6% as consent-order exit talk builds — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Citigroup shares rose 6% to $122.69 at Friday’s close after a Reuters report said executives are more optimistic about completing key consent orders this year. Citi also announced a $2.3 billion preferred stock redemption and a matching program for employee “Trump Accounts.” Investors await next week’s U.S. economic data and Citi conference appearances.
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