In late 2022, Apple launched Emergency SOS via satellite on the iPhone 14 series, enabling two-way emergency texting via Globalstar satellites. As of iOS 17 and later, iPhone 14/15 users in supported regions can share their location and send basic non-emergency texts via satellite, with two years of free service after activation before a paid…
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Syria has conducted annual nationwide internet shutdowns on high school exam days since 2016, with 2020–2025 patterns showing daily outages of roughly 3.5 to 5.5 hours during exam periods. Syria’s shutdowns use an asymmetric model that allows outbound traffic but blocks inbound responses, making the internet effectively unusable. In Syria, the 2023 exam season produced…
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Fiber-optic drones carry control commands and high-bandwidth video via a tether, delivering a 1 Gbps (1000Base-T) link with near-zero latency and immunity to RF jamming. Fiber communications were pioneered by Charles Kao in 1966 and proven practical by 1977, enabling high-bandwidth data transfer for drones. Russia deployed fiber-tethered kamikaze FPV drones in spring 2024 during…
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Number tender in CDB Purchaser Trade subject Budget, uah UA-2025-06-06-008974-a Military Unit 2276 of the National Guard of Ukraine Body armor of protection class 6 132,150,000.00 UA-2025-05-30-008464-a Private LC “JSC “Kyivvodokanal” DK 021:2015: 35810000-5 – Individual equipment (individual equipment) 13,402,092.00 UA-2025-06-06-007948-a Military Unit A0515 Combat ballistic helmet with high cut 9,022,000.00 UA-2025-06-06-008538-a State Enterprise of…
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Number tender in CDB Purchaser Trade subject Budget, uah UA-2025-06-06-004551-a MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE “INFORMATICS” OF THE EXECUTIVE BODY OF THE KYIV CITY COUNCIL (KYIV CITY STATE ADMINISTRATION) Equipment and materials for the development of a comprehensive video surveillance system and security systems 9,000,000.00 UA-2025-06-06-010654-a MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE “INFO-RADA-DNIPRO” OF THE DNIPRO CITY COUNCIL Service for technical maintenance…
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Number tender in CDB Purchaser Trade subject Budget, uah UA-2025-06-02-006892-a PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY ″UKRNAFTA″ Satellite equipment kits 1,499,500.00 UA-2025-06-12-006577-a BORATYN VILLAGE COUNCIL Starlink Gen3 (REV4) Standard Kit (Roam) Satellite Modem (or equivalent) (code according to DK 021:2015: 32530000-7 – Telecommunication satellite equipment) 604,380.00 UA-2025-06-13-008164-a Bucha City Council Telecommunication satellite equipment 326,483.00 UA-2025-06-10-002840-a Military Unit…
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<li Foreigners can own 100% of Ukrainian LLCs (TOV) and Joint-Stock Companies (JSCs), and an LLC can be formed with no minimum capital while registration commonly takes 1–3 days. <li A Ukrainian Joint-Stock Company (private or public) requires a minimum capital of 1,250 times the minimum wage (about UAH 10 million, roughly €217k) and its…
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The Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky fiber-optic FPV drone, built by the Russian volunteer group Ushkuinik led by Aleksey Chadaev, was deployed in August 2024 in Russia’s Kursk region to counter Ukrainian incursions. By late 2024 and early 2025, elite Russian fiber-optic FPV units named Rubicon and Sudny Den operated in eastern Ukraine, carrying spools up to…
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As of early 2024, about 26% of Eritrea’s 3.7 million people were internet users. Eritrea is the only coastal African nation with zero submarine fiber-optic cable landings. The telecom sector is entirely state-owned and monopolized by Eritrean Telecommunication Services Corporation (EriTel), with no private ISPs or competing mobile operators. Public mobile data is essentially unavailable;…
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As of mid-2025, Starlink is available in over 110 countries and territories. In the United States, Starlink began with limited trials in August 2020 and the public beta “Better Than Nothing Beta” in November 2020, and now has nationwide commercial coverage including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with over 2.5 million subscribers as…
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