digital frontier

The Digital Desert Awakens: Inside Tunisia’s Expanding Internet Frontier

As of early 2024, about 9.96 million Tunisians were internet users, roughly 79.6% of the population. In January 2024, Tunisia had 16.73 million active mobile connections, equal to 133.7% of the population. 99.9% of the population is covered by mobile signals, with 4G reaching about 94.9% of inhabitants. Tunisie Telecom’s fiber backbone spans roughly 50,000 km, and late-2024 initiatives connected 2,900 homes in Tataouine (~7,000 users) via fiber at about $160,000. International bandwidth capacity grew from 82.5 Gbps in 2012 to about 1,710 Gbps in 2023. 5G licensing occurred in September 2024, initial licenses were granted in November 2024, and

24 June 2025

Inside Djibouti’s Digital Frontier: The Rise of Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity

Djibouti hosts about 10–12 international undersea cables on the Red Sea coast, including SMW3, EIG, SEA-ME-WE-5/6, AAE-1, EASSy, WIOCC, Yemeni, and DARE1, linking to Europe, Asia and East/Southern Africa. Djibouti Telecom invested over $200 million in the last decade in landing stations and a protected submarine corridor, reinforcing Djibouti as a regional internet gateway. Terrestrial fiber links connect Djibouti to Ethiopia and Somalia, and AfriFiber serves thousands of homes in Djibouti City. The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) is the first and only carrier-neutral data center in East Africa, co-locating major cable landing points with Tier-3 colocation, peering, and the DjIX

10 June 2025

Digital Transformation · Djibouti · Internet Access · Satellite Connectivity · Technology Trends

The Internet Frontier: How Bolivia Is Connecting from the Peaks to the Stars

TKSat-1, launched in 2013 as a $300 million geostationary satellite with China’s help, enabled rural internet, backhaul for mobile towers, and community telecenters with latency around 600 ms. Plans for Túpac Katari 2 with substantially higher throughput were discussed, but a second satellite had not materialized by 2025. In August 2024 Bolivia banned unlicensed Starlink terminals, yet by early 2025 an estimated 10,000 Starlink kits were in use on the gray market, often roaming from Peru, with about $50/month and $500 equipment. The El Alto national data center opened in February 2025, a $52 million Tier III facility owned by

1 June 2025

Bolivia · Connectivity · Innovation · Internet · Technology

Inside Nicaragua’s Digital Frontier: The Truth About Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity

As of early 2025 Nicaragua had 8.71 million mobile connections, about 125% of the population, with more than 95% of lines capable of 3G/4G broadband. In January 2025, 4.47 million Nicaraguans used the internet, equal to 64.1% of the population. There were about 371,000 fixed broadband subscriptions in 2023, 5.43 per 100 people, with most lines in urban areas and fixed access below 6% nationwide. Since 2023 the government has activated free public Wi‑Fi hotspots in 25 parks, managed by TELCOR and municipalities. By 2023 about 87.4% of the population had 4G coverage and over 94% had 3G coverage, though

29 May 2025

Connectivity · Internet · Nicaragua · NYSE:AMX · Satellite · Technology