Market Overview The global drone industry has experienced rapid growth over the past decade, becoming a multi-billion dollar market with robust future prospects. In 2024 the global drone market was valued around $73 billion, and it is forecast to reach $163+ billion by 2030, reflecting a 14%+ CAGR in the latter 2020s grandviewresearch.com grandviewresearch.com. This expansion has been driven…
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Introduction The period from 2022 through 2025 has seen Ukraine transform into a focal point of drone deployment and innovation. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have permeated nearly every aspect of Ukraine’s military, commercial, civilian, and humanitarian spheres. In the ongoing war sparked by the 2022 Russian invasion, drones became an indispensable…
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Ethiopia is undergoing a quiet internet revolution – transforming from one of the world’s least connected countries into a burgeoning digital hub. In a nation of over 120 million people, internet access was once a rarity, hampered by limited infrastructure and a state telecom monopoly. Today, dramatic changes are afoot: new fiber-optic backbones span the country,…
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Internet Infrastructure: From Subsea Fiber to Nationwide 5G Seychelles may be a remote Indian Ocean archipelago, but it boasts surprisingly advanced internet infrastructure. The country’s connectivity journey leapt forward with the installation of submarine fiber-optic cables. The first major undersea cable, the Seychelles East Africa System (SEAS), connected the islands to continental Africa (likely landing…
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Iceland may be a small, remote island in the North Atlantic, but it boasts one of the world’s most advanced internet ecosystems. Virtually the entire population is online – over 99% of Icelanders use the internet en.wikipedia.org – and they enjoy some of the fastest connections on Earth. This report explores Iceland’s internet infrastructure from ultra-fast fiber…
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Introduction: Chile has experienced an internet access revolution over the past decade, becoming one of Latin America’s most connected countries. As of early 2024, an astonishing 96.5% of Chilean households have internet access – up from only about 70% in 2015 litoralpress.cl. This dramatic expansion has been fueled by nationwide infrastructure upgrades, aggressive broadband competition, and forward-looking government…
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Introduction to Satellite Communication and Its Relevance In today’s connected world, we expect our phones to have signal everywhere – but far beyond the reach of cell towers, only satellites can bridge the gap. Satellite communication refers to using orbiting satellites to send and receive signals, allowing phones to connect where no ground network exists en.wikipedia.org. This…
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Summary OneWeb is building a global satellite internet constellation that aims to bridge the digital divide by delivering broadband connectivity to remote and underserved regions of the world. Founded in 2012, the company has deployed hundreds of small low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites at ~1,200 km altitude to blanket the Earth in coverage en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org. Unlike SpaceX’s Starlink (which sells service directly…
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Introduction High-speed internet access is increasingly seen as essential infrastructure, yet billions worldwide still lack reliable connectivity. Traditional wired broadband and cellular networks often fail to reach remote or underserved areas, leaving a “digital divide.” Enter Starlink, a satellite internet constellation developed by SpaceX. Starlink is deploying thousands of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to deliver…
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National Digital Infrastructure Overview and Internet Penetration The Philippines has made significant strides in expanding its digital infrastructure and internet use over the past few years. As of early 2025, an estimated 97.5 million Filipinos were using the internet, representing about 83.8% of the population. This is a dramatic increase from past decades and reflects the country’s push…
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The NISAR satellite, a $1.5 billion collaboration between NASA and ISRO, is set to launch from India. Weighing nearly 3 tonnes, it uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to monitor Earth's surface in real time, day or night, through clouds or smoke—revolutionizing disaster response, climate science, and agriculture.
Oppenheimer upgraded Microsoft to outperform, citing that AI-driven growth is not fully priced in. Analyst Brian Schwartz said, "Investors are underestimating the potential for Microsoft's AI business to drive durable consumption growth for Azure and scale fast in the agentic AI era." Risks remain if enterprise AI adoption lags.
Samsung introduces five major cybersecurity enhancements for Galaxy devices, including Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP), individualized encrypted storage for AI apps, and Knox Matrix Threat Response, a proactive distributed firewall. These features, launching with One UI 8, aim to protect sensitive data and anticipate future threats like quantum attacks.
High-Performance Computing Highlights (June–July 2025): Exascale Era, HPC-AI Convergence, and Global Supercomputing AdvancesThe early summer of 2025 saw major milestones in high-performance computing (HPC), marked by new exascale supercomputers coming online, significant product launches from leading vendors, and accelerating HPC-AI convergence. In June 2025, the latest TOP500 rankings confirmed three U.S. exascale sy…
ChatGPT-5: The Next ‘Omnimodel’ AI Revolution is Coming – Here’s What We KnowIntroduction: A New Leap in AI Intelligence ChatGPT-5 (powered by OpenAI’s forthcoming GPT-5 model) is generating both hype and caution as the potential next giant leap in artificial intelligence. Touted as a step towards an “omnimodel” AI – one that can see, hear, and reason – GPT-5 is rumored t…
