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Liberia’s Internet Revolution: How 4G, Fiber and Starlink Are Connecting Every Corner of the Country

Liberia’s Internet Revolution: How 4G, Fiber and Starlink Are Connecting Every Corner of the Country

As of early 2025, Liberia has about 1.84 million internet users, representing 32.4% of the population, up from 19% in 2019. There were over 5.11 million active mobile connections in 2025, roughly 90% of the population, with many Liberians owning multiple SIMs. By 2025, 87.2% of all mobile connections were on broadband 3G/4G networks, with 4G strongest in urban centers and along major highways. ACE submarine cable landed in Liberia in 2011, enabling fiber backhaul and connecting Monrovia to international bandwidth with over 80 major institutions connected. In 2021, the LTA licensed CSquared to deploy a 350 km open-access fiber
15 August 2025
AI in Business: How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Every Industry

AI in Business: How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Every Industry

78% of companies now use AI in at least one business function, and 83% say AI is a top strategic priority. The global AI market is about $390 billion today and is forecast to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030. By mid-2025, 71% of companies regularly use generative AI, up from 65% six months earlier. Netflix reportedly derives about $1 billion annually from AI-driven personalized recommendations. AI-driven forecasting in operations can lift revenue by 3–4% through shorter lead times and fewer stockouts. Yahoo Japan mandated daily generative AI use for all employees in July 2025, with a goal to double productivity
Inside Vanuatu’s Digital Leap: How Satellite Internet Is Transforming Island Connectivity

Inside Vanuatu’s Digital Leap: How Satellite Internet Is Transforming Island Connectivity

Vanuatu is a Y-shaped archipelago of roughly 80 islands with a population of about 330,000, of which nearly 74% live in rural areas. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake in late 2024 severed Vanuatu’s sole international submarine cable, the Interchange Cable Network (ICN1), causing a nationwide internet outage. The ICN1 is a 1,280 Gbit/s submarine fiber cable connecting Port Vila to Suva, Fiji, and its 2014 launch expanded national bandwidth by more than 200x. A second international cable, SMART TamTam, is under development to link New Caledonia to Vanuatu and is expected online around 2025, providing redundancy and climate-sensor capabilities. Since the 2014
Ukraine’s Tech Triumphs Amid Turmoil: Startups, Cyber Warriors, and a Digital Revolution (2024–2025)

Ukraine’s Tech Triumphs Amid Turmoil: Startups, Cyber Warriors, and a Digital Revolution (2024–2025)

In 2024 Ukrainian startups attracted about $462 million in funding, a 120% YoY rise, with defense-tech startups pulling at least $59 million and the Brave1 fund granting $40 million in grants. Creatio, a Kyiv-founded enterprise software startup, became Ukraine’s unicorn in 2024 after raising $200 million at a $1.2 billion valuation, joining six Ukrainian-founded unicorns. IT sector export revenues reached $6.45 billion in 2024, down 4% from 2023, with over 300,000 tech specialists (about 238,000 in Ukraine) and up to 668,000 total jobs supported. Diia.City grew to 1,396 resident companies by the end of 2024, roughly one-third of which are
16 July 2025
Cloud Computing and XaaS Developments (May–June 2025)

Cloud Computing and XaaS Developments (May–June 2025)

In May 2025, Salesforce announced a definitive agreement to acquire data management firm Informatica for $8 billion. In May 2025, Microsoft announced a partnership with xAI to host Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini on Azure via the Azure AI Foundry service. On May 22, 2025, Red Hat and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to optimize AI workloads in hybrid cloud environments. On May 9, 2025, IBM announced a cloud partnership with Oracle to run IBM’s watsonx AI tools on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). On May 15, 2025, Kyndryl and Microsoft expanded distributed cloud services to enhance hybrid, multicloud, and
Ground Control Goes Cloud: The Digital Overhaul of Satellite Operations (2025–2030)

Ground Control Goes Cloud: The Digital Overhaul of Satellite Operations (2025–2030)

From 2025 to 2030, ground control shifts from hardware-centric architectures to cloud-enabled, software-defined infrastructure via Ground-Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS). The global satellite ground station market is projected to grow from about $56 billion in 2022 to $125 billion by 2030. AWS Ground Station and Microsoft Azure Orbital provide pay-per-use, cloud-connected antennas that deliver downlinks directly into cloud storage and analytics pipelines. Digital Intermediate Frequency (DIF) technology enables digitizing RF signals at the antenna and transporting RF over IP to cloud data centers. Digital twins are expanding into operations by 2025, with AWS Ground Station offering a digital twin environment and NASA JPL
The Shocking Truth Behind Chile’s Internet Boom: 96% Connected (and Counting)

The Shocking Truth Behind Chile’s Internet Boom: 96% Connected (and Counting)

As of early 2024, 96.5% of Chilean households have internet access, up from about 70.2% in 2015. Fixed broadband subscriptions reached 4.52 million in 2023, or 22.6 per 100 inhabitants. As of late 2023, nearly 70% of fixed connections are fiber-optic (FTTH/B), with copper DSL largely replaced. 96.8% of urban households and 94.5% of rural households have internet access, narrowing the urban–rural gap to about 2 percentage points. Chile launched 5G in December 2021, and by late 2024 there were over 5.3 million 5G users, with roughly 40% of mobile subscriptions 5G-capable. Starlink commands about 58% of Chile’s satellite internet
29 May 2025
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