NYSE:VOD News 24 February 2025

Internet Access in Qatar: A Comprehensive Report

Qatar’s fixed internet is dominated by fiber-optic FTTH, with the Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN) delivering fiber coverage to over 95% of the country and DSL largely obsolete. Ooredoo Qatar launched the world’s first live 5G network in May 2018

7 July 2025

Global IoT Market 2025 Forecast: Inside the $1 Trillion Tech Revolution

Global IoT spending in 2025 is projected to approach $1 trillion, up from $805.7 billion in 2023. By 2025, the number of connected IoT devices is expected to reach 27 billion, rising to over 40 billion by 2030. Manufacturing is

7 July 2025

Industry Analysis · Innovation · IoT · Market Forecast · NASDAQ:KORE · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:SMTC · NYSE:TWLO · NYSE:VOD · Tech Trends

Fiji’s Internet Revolution: Expanding Broadband and Satellite Connectivity in the Pacific

Approximately 79–85% of Fiji’s population are Internet users in recent years, up from 48% in 2018. Over 96% of Fijians have access to at least a 4G mobile signal, with 2G nearly extinct. As of 2024, Fiji hosts six international

1 July 2025

Broadband · Connectivity · Fiji · Internet · NYSE:VOD · Pacific

Space News Digest: July 1, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 1st, 12:02 CET

The Vera Rubin Observatory began its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) with first light and a 3.2-gigapixel camera, aiming to image the southern sky every few days and catalog over 40 billion objects. Perseverance completed its 30th Martian

1 July 2025

Exploration · NASDAQ:ASTS · News · NYSE:VOD · Science · Space · Updates

Space News Roundup: Satellite Internet, Climate Monitoring, and the Expanding Role of Space Technology (June 30, 2025) / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 14:21 CET

Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation, now has over 5 million customers in 125 countries, with rivals including Eutelsat OneWeb, Globalstar, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper and government-led IRIS2 and QianFan programs. Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile formed SatCo, a Luxembourg-based joint venture

30 June 2025

Climate · Innovation · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:ASTS · NYSE:GSAT · NYSE:VOD · Satellites · Space · Technology

No Signal? No Problem: Why Satellite Phones Are Booming in 2025

In June 2025, T-Mobile began a nationwide beta of its “T-Satellite” service built on SpaceX Starlink technology, with a July 2025 rollout and plans to include it at no extra cost on high‑end plans and about $10/month for others. On

21 June 2025

2025 · Communication · Connectivity · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:ASTS · NASDAQ:GSAT · NASDAQ:TMUS · NYSE:VOD · Satellite Phones · Technology

Hungary’s Digital Lifeline: How Fiber, 5G, and Satellites Are Rewiring the Nation

As of late 2023, more than 97% of Hungarian households have access to wired fixed broadband networks, including FTTH and upgraded cable. Thanks to the Superfast Internet Programme (SZIP), by 2020 at least 30 Mbps service reached over 95% of

13 June 2025

5G · Digital Infrastructure · Fiber Optics · Hungary · NYSE:VOD · Satellite Internet

Ukraine’s Telecom Revolution: 2025 Market Outlook and Strategic Insights

In 2020, Ukraine planned a commercial 5G spectrum auction for end-2021, but the tender was delayed and regulators cut mobile termination rates from ₴0.12 to ₴0.08 per minute in October 2020 as they focused on 4G. In June 2021, Datagroup

12 June 2025

Digital Transformation · Market Outlook · NYSE:VOD · Strategic Insights · Telecom · Ukraine

Inside Cyprus’s Digital Lifeline: Internet Access on the Island and Beyond the Clouds

Cablenet’s hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) network passes around 80% of premises in Cyprus. Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) rollouts are underway with a target to reach 200,000 gigabit-capable premises nationwide. Cyprus’s four mobile network operators are Cyta (Cytamobile-Vodafone), Epic, PrimeTel, and Cablenet. By end-2022

9 June 2025

Broadband · Cyprus · Digital Connectivity · Internet Access · NYSE:VOD · Satellite Technology

Internet Access in India: A Comprehensive Guide for Residents and Tourists

As of early 2024, India had about 750–950 million internet users, roughly 50–68% of the population, with rural users totaling over 440 million. There are over 1.15 billion mobile connections in use, and more than 95% of internet subscriptions are

15 May 2025

Guide · India · Internet · NYSE:BHARTIARTL · NYSE:RELIANCE · NYSE:VOD · Tourists · Travel

Internet Access in Iraq

The Ministry of Communications (MoC) controls the national fiber backbone and international gateways and leases bandwidth to private ISPs at wholesale prices around $50 per 1 Mbps. As of 2021, Iraq had about 2.1 million fixed-line/FTTH subscribers, with most of

24 February 2025

Access · Connectivity · Internet · Iraq · NASDAQ:ELNK · NYSE:NOK · NYSE:VOD · Technology

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