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Internet Access in Laos: The 2025 Guide to Coverage, Costs, and Satellite Connectivity

Internet Access in Laos: The 2025 Guide to Coverage, Costs, and Satellite Connectivity

By 2023 Laos had laid over 98,500 kilometers of fiber-optic cable and operates 18 international transmission lines interconnecting with Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and China. Mobile signal reaches 97% of villages nationwide, covering 8,245 villages across 18 provinces. As of late 2024, 2G coverage reached 97% of the population, 3G covered 85%, and 4G/LTE about 78%. 5G networks have been introduced on a limited scale, initially launched in Vientiane and a handful of major provinces. Unitel has over 5 million subscribers and roughly 50% of Laos’s mobile market share. LaoTel (Lao Telecom) has around one-third market share and over 3
23 Agosto 2025
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Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Key Facts Introduction: A Market at a Crossroads Thailand’s real estate industry in 2025 is navigating a post-pandemic crossroads – with certain sectors booming and others facing headwinds. On one hand, tourists and foreign investors are back in force, filling hotels and snapping up condos in beach towns. Industrial parks in the Eastern Economic Corridor are buzzing with new factories. On the other hand, developers in Bangkok are treading carefully, scaling back new housing projects amid oversupply and higher borrowing costs. The overall picture is one of resilience: the property market is recovering from the COVID-era slump, but growth is
2 Settembre 2025
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Huione Pay Shutdown: Inside the Collapse of Cambodia’s ‘Largest Online Black Market’ After U.S. Sanctions

Huione Pay Shutdown: Inside the Collapse of Cambodia’s ‘Largest Online Black Market’ After U.S. Sanctions

PHNOM PENH / WASHINGTON – December 7, 2025 Huione Pay – the digital payments arm of Cambodia’s Huione Group and a key node in a vast scam-driven financial ecosystem – has frozen withdrawals and halted business after a bank run by panicked users, closing what blockchain analysts have called the world’s largest illicit online marketplace.Radio Free Asia+3CamboJA News+3AML Network+3 The shutdown, announced on December 1 and scheduled to last until January 5, 2026, follows a year of escalating U.S., U.K. and regional sanctions against Huione Group over allegations that it laundered billions in proceeds from crypto scams and North Korean
7 Dicembre 2025
Waaree Energies & Waaree Renewable Technologies in Focus: RSI Divergence, 288 MW US Order and ‘Hold’ Downgrade Shape the Story on 5 December 2025

Waaree Energies & Waaree Renewable Technologies in Focus: RSI Divergence, 288 MW US Order and ‘Hold’ Downgrade Shape the Story on 5 December 2025

Mumbai / New Delhi – December 5, 2025 Waaree Energies Ltd and its listed subsidiary Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd (WAAREERTL) are back at the centre of investor attention today as a flurry of fresh news, analyst views and technical signals converge on the same date. On 5 December 2025, investors are digesting: Together, these moves are pushing “Waaree Energies share” and “Waaree Renewable Technologies” up the Google Trends charts, as retail and institutional investors alike look for clarity on where the stock duo goes next.LatestLY+1 Why Waaree Is Trending on Google Today Google Trends data for 5 December 2025 shows
5 Dicembre 2025
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Energy Guzzlers: Ranking Countries by Per Capita Energy Use in 2024

Energy Guzzlers: Ranking Countries by Per Capita Energy Use in 2024

Key Facts & Highlights: Global Energy Consumption at a Glance (2024) The world’s energy appetite has never been larger. Global primary energy consumption reached an unprecedented level in 2023–2024, driven by post-pandemic economic activity and extreme weather energy needs. According to the Energy Institute’s review, consumption hit about 620 exajoules in 2023 – up 2% from the previous year dieselnet.com. This growth pushed energy-related CO₂ emissions over 40 billion tonnes for the first time dieselnet.com, a troubling milestone for climate observers. Fossil fuels still dominate the global energy mix, accounting for 81.5% of primary energy use dieselnet.com. Oil and coal
16 Settembre 2025
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Vietnam’s 2025 Drone Law Overhaul: Ultimate Guide to New Rules, Permits & No-Fly Zones

Réforme de la loi sur les drones au Vietnam en 2025 : guide ultime des nouvelles règles, permis et zones d’exclusion aérienne

Le Vietnam exige un permis de vol spécial délivré par le Ministère de la Défense nationale pour chaque vol de drone, qu’il s’agisse d’un usage récréatif ou commercial. À partir de la mi-2025, les mini-drones pesant moins de 250 g utilisés uniquement à des fins récréatives peuvent voler sans permis, comme les modèles DJI Mini, à condition de respecter le vol à vue, les limites d’altitude et l’éloignement des zones interdites. Le pays n’impose pas d’enregistrement général des drones pour un usage ordinaire; l’objectif principal est l’obtention d’un permis de vol pour chaque opération et les drones gouvernementaux ou policiers
7 Agosto 2025
Myanmar’s Internet Dilemma: From Blackouts to Starlink Dreams

Myanmar’s Internet Dilemma: From Blackouts to Starlink Dreams

In 2021, more than 400 cell towers were destroyed amid fighting, crippling parts of Myanmar’s mobile network. MPT’s FTTH network expanded to 154 of 330 townships by early 2024, up from 27 townships in 2019. As of early 2024, Myanmar had about 64.3 million mobile connections (roughly 117% SIM penetration), with 4G coverage around 90% of the population and 5G footprint below 1%. By late 2024, well over 3,000 Starlink dishes were reportedly active in Myanmar, with more than 80 units confiscated in 2022. In December 2021 the MoTC ordered mobile operators to double data prices, and by 2023 the
5 Agosto 2025
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Vietnam’s 2025 Drone Law Overhaul: Ultimate Guide to New Rules, Permits & No-Fly Zones

Vietnam’s 2025 Drone Law Overhaul: Ultimate Guide to New Rules, Permits & No-Fly Zones

As of mid-2025, Vietnam allows drones under 250 grams flown purely for fun without a permit, such as the DJI Mini series. All drone flights require a flight permit issued by the Ministry of National Defense, specifically the Department of Operations, with applications due at least 7 working days before the flight date. Vietnam does not require a general drone registration; permits are issued for each operation, though government drones may be exempt. Civilian drones must weigh under 12 kilograms, and the default altitude limit is 120 meters above ground level unless a permit specifies otherwise. No-fly zones include military
31 Luglio 2025
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Cambodia’s Internet Boom or Digital Doom? Inside the Kingdom’s Connected Revolution

Cambodia’s Internet Boom or Digital Doom? Inside the Kingdom’s Connected Revolution

Cambodia has over 22 million cellular subscriptions in a population of about 17 million, yielding a mobile penetration of roughly 131.5% due to multiple SIM ownership. As of early 2023, fixed internet subscriptions were about 310,000 nationwide, underscoring a mobile-first connectivity pattern. Cambodia’s first submarine cable, the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand link, landed in 2017, and a Hong Kong–Sihanoukville upgrade planned for 2024 will add 640 km of undersea fiber within Cambodian territory. The core backbone is operated by Telecom Cambodia, Viettel/Metfone, and CFOCN, with 38 licensed ISPs and five fiber-infrastructure operators reported in 2023. In early 2023 about 11.37 million Cambodians were
3 Giugno 2025
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No Signal? No Problem: Why Satellite Phones Are Booming in 2025

No Signal? No Problem: Why Satellite Phones Are Booming in 2025

In June 2025, T-Mobile began a nationwide beta of its “T-Satellite” service built on SpaceX Starlink technology, with a July 2025 rollout and plans to include it at no extra cost on high‑end plans and about $10/month for others. On June 19, 2025, Vodafone Idea and AST SpaceMobile announced a partnership to deliver 4G/5G access from space in India using AST’s BlueWalker 3 satellites to reach remote areas. The FCC Space Bureau accepted Globalstar’s petition in early June 2025 to launch a second‑generation LEO constellation called “C‑3” for direct‑to‑device services, with Apple owning about 20% of Globalstar and a 50‑satellite
21 Giugno 2025
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Inside China’s Space Empire: Satellites, Services, and the Secret Power of CNSA

Inside China’s Space Empire: Satellites, Services, and the Secret Power of CNSA

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) was established in 1993 as China’s civil space authority. By the end of 2024, China operated more than 1,060 active satellites in orbit, a count that has grown more than six-fold since 2015. Chang’e-4 achieved the first landing on the Moon’s far side in 2019. Micius (Mozi), launched in 2016, became the world’s first quantum communications satellite enabling space-based quantum key distribution. BeiDou reached full global coverage with the final BDS-3 satellite launched in June 2020. The Guowang LEO megaconstellation targets about 13,000 satellites, with three batches launched by April 2025 and an initial
20 Giugno 2025
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State of Internet Access in Vietnam: From Fiber to Satellite Skies

State of Internet Access in Vietnam: From Fiber to Satellite Skies

As of mid-2024, 82.2% of fixed broadband households in Vietnam were connected via fiber-optic FTTH, with universal fiber access targeted by 2025 under the Digital Infrastructure Strategy. 4G LTE coverage reaches 99.8% of the territory, with about 168.5 million mobile subscriptions (roughly 170% of the population) and 91.9 mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 people by mid-2024. Commercial 5G service launched in October 2024, with 5G base stations in all 63 provinces by late 2024 and targets of over 50% of the population by 2025 and 99% by 2030. International connectivity has been fragile due to undersea cables, with 4 of
18 Giugno 2025
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Stock Market Today

Silver price plunges today as dollar firms and China selling hits metals — what traders watch next

Il prezzo dell’argento crolla oggi mentre il dollaro si rafforza e le vendite dalla Cina colpiscono i metalli: cosa osservano ora i trader

6 Febbraio 2026
Il prezzo spot dell’argento è crollato del 12,8% a 76,94 dollari l’oncia alle 9:47 ET, trascinando in basso anche l’ETF iShares Silver Trust. Gli analisti citano vendite sui futures, scarsa liquidità e un dollaro più forte. Pandora ha annunciato il passaggio a una placcatura in platino su alcuni gioielli per ridurre l’impatto delle oscillazioni dei prezzi dell’argento.
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