Overview
- Thirty years after Datacom’s 128 Kbps VSAT link first put Mongolia online on January 17, 1996, regulator data show about 4.9 million mobile users with roughly 85% using the internet and 565,000 fixed subscribers, most on fiber.
- Ulaanbaatar approved 8.9 billion MNT for a school milk program that will provide milk three days a week to 189,600 students in grades 1–5 starting January 26, with officials studying broader rollout models for next year.
- Parliament Speaker N. Uchral convened stakeholders to refine the legal framework for renewable-powered EV charging, advancing a December 26 resolution that calls for infrastructure to serve 100,000 electric vehicles.
- City planners reported feasibility conclusions for five multi-level intersection sites, projecting a 7.1% increase in average traffic speed once the program is fully implemented.
- Authorities reminded residents that military registration runs January 7–23 with a 100,000 MNT fine for noncompliance, and forecasters warned of severe cold through January 20 with Ulaanbaatar daytime temperatures near minus 22 to 24 Celsius.