By 2021, about 65% of fixed broadband subscribers in Bulgaria were on fiber, with gigabit speeds available and Vivacom launching a 10 Gbps fiber service. 5G was launched commercially in 2020, with A1 Bulgaria and Vivacom turning on 5G in 2020 and by the end of 2022 around 70% of the population expected to have…
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Major Outages and Internet Shutdowns In early September 2025, multiple outages and deliberate shutdowns disrupted internet access for millions across different regions. In the United States, a major Verizon network failure on August 30 demonstrated the fragility of even advanced telecom systems ts2.tech. Starting around midday (Eastern time), Verizon mobile users from California to New…
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Major Outages and Internet Shutdowns Widespread outages disrupted internet access across multiple regions in recent days. In the United States, a major Verizon network failure on August 30 underscored the fragility of even advanced telecom systems ts2.tech. Starting around midday on the 30th, Verizon wireless customers from California to New York suddenly found their phones…
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The F-35 has three variants—F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C—and can carry 2× 2000-lb bombs internally (or up to 18,000 lb externally) with a top speed of about Mach 1.6. As of 2025, the F-35A unit flyaway price is roughly $80–$90 million (B/C around $100 million), with production around 150 jets per year and over 1,000 aircraft…
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As of early 2025, Serbia had about 2.23 million fixed broadband subscribers. The median fixed broadband download speed reached 90.2 Mbps at the start of 2025. Telekom Srbija’s mts Fiber offers up to 1 Gbps speeds, with symmetric options such as 200/200, 400/400, and 600/600 Mbps, while SBB provides up to around 1 Gbps in…
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September 21, 2025 – Partial Solar Eclipse visible mainly from the Southern Hemisphere, with up to 80% Sun obscured over the South Pacific, including Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, and parts of Antarctica. February 17, 2026 – Annular “ring of fire” over Antarctica, with annularity lasting about 2 minutes at maximum, while a partial eclipse will…
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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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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…
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In March 2025 Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense created a Space Policy Directorate to coordinate military space efforts. The crowdfunded ICEYE SAR satellite nicknamed the “People’s Satellite” remained Ukraine’s only satellite under national control, since 2022. Deputy Defense Minister Kateryna Chernohorenko outlined a 2030 roadmap to deploy Ukrainian defense satellites and an air-launch early-warning system. In…
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Russia and Belarus Plan AI Based on ‘Traditional Values’ Amid Global AI Concerns Russia and Belarus aim to develop an AI system grounded in traditional values, citing risks of bias and manipulation in Western chatbots. Sergey Glazyev warned, “one of the famous chats fell into racism, Nazism, and glorification of fascism.” The initiative seeks trustworthy,…
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