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Internet Access Revolution: Starlink’s Global Surge, Broadband Booms & Outages – Aug 30–31, 2025

Internet Access Revolution: Starlink’s Global Surge, Broadband Booms & Outages – Aug 30–31, 2025

Key Facts Summary Starlink’s Global Surge and the Satellite Internet Race Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite internet continues its explosive growth, dramatically expanding global internet access. SpaceX Starlink, the largest LEO constellation, hit a new milestone in late August 2025 with over 7 million active subscribers worldwide spaceflightnow.com – up from 4 million a year prior – served by roughly 1,900 satellites launched just in 2025 so far spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com. On August 30, SpaceX launched yet another Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites, its 77th Starlink launch of the year spaceflightnow.com, underscoring the company’s unprecedented pace (SpaceX aims for 170 orbital launches in 2025,
31 August 2025
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Tech Turbulence: Billion-Dollar Deals, Cyber Strikes & Space Feats – Global Tech Roundup (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Tech Turbulence: Billion-Dollar Deals, Cyber Strikes & Space Feats – Global Tech Roundup (Aug 29–30, 2025)

Key Facts (More details and expert insights on these developments below.) Consumer Tech & Gadgets Google’s Pixel 10 Debuts: Google’s latest flagship phones, the Pixel 10 series, hit store shelves this week after an official unveiling. The 10th-gen Pixels sport a refreshed design with a satin-finish aluminum frame, polished glass back, and the signature camera bar in four new colors blog.google. A bright 6.3-inch OLED display (up to 3000 nits) and improved stereo speakers aim to elevate media viewing blog.google. Notably, the standard Pixel 10 gains a 5× telephoto lens for the first time, enabling up to 10× optical-quality zoom and 20×
30 August 2025
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Chips, Space & Cyber Scares: Inside August 28–29, 2025’s Biggest Tech Bombshells

Chips, Space & Cyber Scares: Inside August 28–29, 2025’s Biggest Tech Bombshells

Key Facts Hardware Developments (Chips & Devices) U.S. Bets Big on Intel’s Chips: In a dramatic government intervention, Intel confirmed it received $5.7 billion in cash on Aug. 27 as part of a U.S.-negotiated deal for a 10% stake in the company reuters.com. The investment – orchestrated by President Donald Trump – is meant to ensure Intel retains control of its contract chip manufacturing (foundry) business on American soil reuters.com. Intel CFO David Zinsner said the government also secured warrants for an extra 5% stake if Intel ever spun off its foundry, but he downplayed that scenario: “I don’t think there’s a
29 August 2025
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Tech Titans Unleash Shocking Gadgets, Cyber Showdowns and Space Feats – August 27–28, 2025 Tech Roundup

Tech Titans Unleash Shocking Gadgets, Cyber Showdowns and Space Feats – August 27–28, 2025 Tech Roundup

Consumer Electronics: Big Batteries and Flagship Phones Smartphone makers are pushing limits. Realme unveiled a teaser for an Aug 27 event: a concept phone with a 15,000mAh battery – far above today’s norm gadgets360.com. The company claims this battery (using its ultra-high silicon-content anode) can power 50 hours of video playback (over five days’ use) gadgets360.com, despite the device’s slim profile. This follows Realme’s earlier 10,000mAh prototype. At the same time, OnePlus is reportedly skipping “14” and naming its next flagship OnePlus 15, set for late 2025 (India rollout early 2026) business-standard.com. Rumors cite a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up
28 August 2025
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No Signal? No Problem – Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Satellites Are Eliminating Dead Zones

Direct-to-Cell Revolution: What It Is and When It Will Work in Your Country

In August 2022, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a partnership to add Direct-to-Cell texting via Starlink satellites, enabling roaming coverage for remote areas using SpaceX’s constellation. SpaceX launched the first Direct-to-Cell–equipped Starlink satellites in early 2024, and by mid-2025 there were about 400 such satellites in orbit. On January 8, 2024, SpaceX successfully sent a text message from a regular smartphone via a Starlink satellite through T-Mobile’s network. Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell service is expected to start with texting in 2024, add voice calls in 2025, and deliver modest data speeds later. AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 prototype uses a ~700 square-foot phased array
14 August 2025
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Why 5G Internet Providers Are Replacing Cable Faster Than You Think

Why 5G Internet Providers Are Replacing Cable Faster Than You Think

Since mid-2022, 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) has effectively absorbed all U.S. broadband subscriber growth, shifting demand away from traditional wired providers. In 2024, Comcast Xfinity and Charter Spectrum together lost nearly 1 million broadband subscribers, while Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T gained about 3.7 million fixed wireless home internet customers. As of early 2024, T-Mobile had over 5 million 5G home internet subscribers and Verizon over 3 million; by Q2 2025, T-Mobile reported 7.3 million FWA customers, up 454,000 in a single quarter. Ericsson’s Mobility Report estimates about 80% of operators worldwide offer fixed wireless access, and projects FWA to
1 August 2025
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Are You Still Overpaying for Internet? The Truth About US ISP Pricing in 2025

Are You Still Overpaying for Internet? The Truth About US ISP Pricing in 2025

In 2024 the median U.S. household paid about $85 per month for broadband, up from roughly $76 two years earlier. The United States is among the most expensive internet countries, with the average broadband bill around $65–$70 per month while the UK averages about $39 and South Korea about $26. The average cost per Mbps in the United States is about $0.45 per month, compared with Romania around $0.06 and France around $0.10–$0.20. In 2025 the average advertised price for home internet among the top 20 providers was about $81 per month, with entry-level 100–300 Mbps plans at $40–$50 and
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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SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX’s Action-Packed 48 Hours: Starlink Outage Shakes Users, Satellite Phone Service Debuts, Launch & Starship Updates

From July 24 to July 25, 2025, Starlink endured one of its largest outages, knocking tens of thousands offline with more than 60,000 outage reports before service largely returned in about 2.5 hours. Starlink’s outage was attributed by VP of Engineering Michael Nicolls to a failure of key internal software services that operate the core network, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly apologized on X. Starlink now serves over 6 million users across roughly 140 countries. On July 24, 2025, T-Mobile launched T-Satellite, a satellite-to-cell texting service, after a six‑month beta with nearly 2 million participants and up to 30,000
25 July 2025
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Smartphones vs. Satellite Phones: Are Off-Grid Cell Phones Killing the Satellite Phone?

Smartphones vs. Satellite Phones: Are Off-Grid Cell Phones Killing the Satellite Phone?

Apple launched Emergency SOS via satellite on the iPhone 14 series in late 2022 using Globalstar’s LEO network. Samsung Galaxy S25, launched in 2025, is the first commercially available phone to include Snapdragon Satellite for two-way messaging via Iridium’s LEO constellation, with Android 15 native support. Bullitt Group’s Bullitt Satellite Messenger rolled out in Q1 2023, enabling two-way SMS on the Motorola Defy 2 and CAT S75 via Skylo GEO satellites. Huawei Mate 60 Pro (2023) added two-way satellite texting and satellite voice calling via BeiDou’s Tiantong GEO network, requiring careful skyward pointing and delivering low bandwidth. By the end
22 July 2025
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Unstoppable “Unjammable” Drones: How Fiber-Optic Technology is Revolutionizing Warfare and Beyond

Unstoppable “Unjammable” Drones: How Fiber-Optic Technology is Revolutionizing Warfare and Beyond

Fiber-optic drones transmit control commands and live video through a physical fiber tether, making them jam-proof and radio-silent. There are two main categories: Tethered Power Drones (aerial elevators such as AT&T’s Flying COW) that draw power from the ground while carrying a fiber data link, and Fiber-Optic Guided Drones (free-ranging FPVs) that carry a 5–20 km spool of cable for guided missions. Typical fiber spools range from 5 km to 20–30 km, which defines a hard operational range and creates drag and snag risks behind the drone. Russia was the first to deploy fiber-guided FPV drones in combat, with the
16 July 2025
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Global Next-Gen Networking Developments (June–July 2025): 5G, 6G & Wi‑Fi 7 News Roundup

Global Next-Gen Networking Developments (June–July 2025): 5G, 6G & Wi‑Fi 7 News Roundup

Global telecom equipment revenues fell about 11% in 2024 and are expected to be essentially flat in 2025 as market conditions stabilize per Dell’Oro Group. MTN Consulting projects global telecom capex declining from $314 billion in 2023 to about $280 billion by 2028. Ericsson’s June 2025 Mobility Report projects 5G subscriptions reaching about 2.9 billion by end of 2025, roughly one-third of all mobile subscriptions, with potential to reach 6.3 billion by 2030. 5G networks are expected to carry 80% of global mobile data traffic by 2030, up from about 35% at the end of 2024. Over 80% of surveyed
9 July 2025
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