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Satellites, Submarine Cables & Cell Phones: Inside Haiti’s Battle for the Internet

...mobile download speed of around 14.3 Mbps (and ~10.5 Mbps upload) – the fastest in Haiti haitilibre.com haitilibre.com. Natcom’s median mobile download was about 5.4 Mbps (upload ~4.4 Mbps) haitilibre.com...

17 June 2025

When the Grid Goes Dark: How Satellite Phones Keep Us Connected in Emergencies

...phones have proven essential in disasters such as Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricane Maria (2017), the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite debuted in...

4 June 2025

Communication · Connectivity · Disaster Response · Emergencies · Satellite Phones

Starlink Global Availability and Impact Report

...include Dominican Republic (since mid-2022) en.wikipedia.org, Barbados (Nov 2022) en.wikipedia.org, Jamaica (Oct 2022) en.wikipedia.org, Haiti (Mar 2023) en.wikipedia.org, Trinidad & Tobago (June 2023) en.wikipedia.org, and Bahamas (Aug 2023) en.wikipedia.org, among...

2 June 2025

Coverage · Impact · Internet · Satellite · Starlink

Blockchain’s Global Social Impact Revolution: From Banking the Unbanked to Fighting Corruption

...In Haiti, a 2020 World Bank-backed blockchain pilot allowed 1,342 small producers to export directly, lifting mango revenues by 262% and cocoa by 348%. Sierra Leone launched Africa’s first blockchain-backed...

7 July 2025

Anti-Corruption · Blockchain · Financial Inclusion · Global Change · Social Impact

Starlink Global Coverage and Availability Report

...entry, and by 2025 Starlink service was officially available, bringing new options to this island nation. Haiti – Available. Went live by March 2023 following licensing in late 2022 blog.telegeography.com....

7 June 2025

Availability · Coverage · Global · Satellite Internet · Starlink

Eyes in the Sky: How Earth Observation Is Revolutionizing Disaster Management

...the 2021 Haiti earthquake, and flooding in Africa and Asia. The service provides standardized products like delineation maps (showing extent of an event, e.g., flood footprint) and grading maps (assessing...

21 June 2025

Disaster Management · Earth Observation · Innovation · Satellites · Technology

Broadband Blackouts & Starlink Smugglers: Inside Venezuela’s Fight for Internet Access

CANTV, the state-owned fixed broadband incumbent, dominated traditional internet with about 56% market share as of late 2022, while its aging ADSL copper network remained slow and repair backlogs persisted....

14 June 2025

Broadband · Digital Divide · Internet Access · Starlink · Venezuela

Sky-Fi Revolution: How Starlink Is Reshaping Global Internet Access

...Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and others in the Caribbean and Central America. South America: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay,...

29 May 2025

Global · Innovation · Internet · Satellite · Starlink

Guyana’s Internet Boom: From Slow Starts to a Surging 2025 Connectivity Revolution

...light-years ahead of Haiti or Cuba (which are in single digits) gsma.com. However, it trails regional leaders like Barbados or the Cayman Islands, where widespread gigabit networks yield median speeds...

30 August 2025

Connectivity · Digital Revolution · Guyana · Internet · Technology

Global Satellite Internet Showdown: Starlink vs Viasat vs OneWeb vs Kuiper – Which One Will Connect the World?

Starlink’s residential service delivers about 100–250 Mbps down and 10–20 Mbps up, with latency around 20–50 ms and a median near 45 ms as of mid‑2025. Starlink pricing is typically...

9 July 2025

Connectivity · Global Internet · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

Argentina’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: Inside the Satellite Boom and What’s Next

Key Facts Latin American Space Pioneer: Argentina was the first Latin American nation to develop and launch its own rockets in the 1960s, laying the groundwork for an ambitious national...

22 September 2025

Argentina · Innovation · NYSE:MAXR · Satellites · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Inside Saint Lucia’s Digital Revolution: The Untold Story of Internet and Satellite Access

Flow provides hybrid fiber-coax and some FTTH with up to 400 Mbps fixed download, and the Internet Select 400 plan costs EC$117.68 per month (VAT included). Digicel+ offers FTTH up...

15 June 2025

Digital Transformation · Internet · Saint Lucia · Satellite · Technology