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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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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Introduction Satellite phones (or satphones) are mobile telephones that connect directly to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell towers. They provide voice calling, SMS text messaging, and low-speed data by relaying signals through satellites to reach the conventional telephone network en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org. In practical terms, when you make a call on a satellite phone, your handset…
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Brunei Darussalam, a small but wealthy nation on Borneo, is undergoing an internet revolution that defies its size. With nearly 99% of its people online datareportal.com and a nationwide rollout of 5G mobile and fiber broadband, Brunei’s digital landscape has leapt ahead in recent years. This report dives into Brunei’s surprisingly advanced internet infrastructure, the…
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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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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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