…the third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Unfortunately, governments continued to impose nationwide Internet shutdowns intended to prevent cheating on exams. Damage to both terrestrial and submarine cables impacted Internet connectivity across Africa and in other parts of the world. Damage caused by an active hurricane season […]
Officials in Chad are stepping up efforts to connect the central African state to a regional fiber-optic network after cable breakages caused by flooding in neighboring Cameroon caused a protracted internet blackout. Authorities in the country have been unable to reestablish internet connections since the blackout began 10 days ago. The central African state lost […]
According to industry body the GSMA, 43% of the global population still does not use mobile internet, highlighting device affordability and digital skills as the main barriers. The GSMA stated in its State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2024 report that this figure equates to 3.45 billion people. Around 160 million people started using mobile internet […]
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The Freedom on the Net (FOTN) report said protections for human rights online diminished in 27 of the 72 countries it covered. Myanmar became the first country in a decade to match China for a low internet freedom score, the report found. The military government in the Southeast Asian country has cracked down on dissent, […]
Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week. The plan emerged in Decision No. 1132/QD-TTg – signed into existence by permanent deputy prime minister Nguyen Hoa Binh – and defines goals for 2025 and 2030. The 2030 ambitions are more significant, and include a requirement for […]
Malaysia is expected to switch from Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6 soon. It comes after the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is conducting a Public Consultation on the proposed way forward for 100% adoption and complete migration to IPv6 in Malaysia. Via TechNave Track Malaysia’s IPv6 adoption and overall Internet profile via the […]
In a newly published paper, RPKI: Not Perfect But Good Enough, Haya Schulmann and Niklas Vogel from Germany’s ATHENE National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity & Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, and Michael Waidner from ATHENE and Technische Universität Darmstadt, outline a daunting range of RPKI issues that still need to be addressed for it to fulfil its […]
The dominance of US-based hyperscalers like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon in subsea cables has reshaped the industry and put critical infrastructure at risk, an Australian think tank claims. Over the past decade, the amount of international subsea capacity used by the four hyperscalers increased from 10 percent to 71 percent, causing the Australian Strategic […]
