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TeleGeography at Capacity Middle East 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
TeleGeography at PTC 2026
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Global Connectivity Update: a European Perspective
Download TeleGeography Research Analyst Stacey Parker's presentation slides about global connectivity...
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TeleGeography at Capacity LATAM 2025
Senior Research Analyst Juan Velandia recently ventured to Capacity LATAM 2025 to highlight the state of...
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Telecom Mythbusters - TeleGeography at SubOptic Conference 2025
The Telecom Mythbusters are back. Download the SubOptic conference presentation slides from...
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Feb 13, 2026
TeleGeography at Platform Global 2025
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Feb 13, 2026
TeleGeography at Submarine Networks World 2025
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SD-WAN Vendor Guide
Understand the landscape of SD-WAN services offered by vendors and managed providers, security features...
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The Future of Submarine Cable Maintenance: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies
This report provides context and insights on how to address submarine cable maintenance challenges and...
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Transport Networks Research Service - Executive Summary Download
Content providers and private networks are taking over as the dominant bandwidth owners. Download our...
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Infrastructure, Not Compute, is the Real AI Bottleneck
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Feb 6, 2026
How Do Wholesale Carriers Fit In the Global Traffic Picture?
Broadly speaking, telecom service providers have two ways of connecting traffic to a destination telco....
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The Subsea Cables Connecting LATAM and Beyond
São Paulo: a critical market for Latin American connectivity, and the perfect location for Capacity...
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Feb 5, 2026
AI Adoption in Networking
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Jan 29, 2026
The Impact of AI on the Network
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Read This Before Your Next Subsea Networks Event
It's conference season and our traveling team of experts is preparing for lots of upcoming industry...
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Building Network Resiliency with Transparency and Smart Strategy
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Digital Infrastructure Resources for Metro Connect Attendees
Metro Connect is turning 25, and we're all invited to the birthday party. If you're planning to attend...
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Exploring New Subsea Cables Through the Middle East
As our team prepares for Capacity Middle East 2026, we've rounded up the best resources to help you...
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How Great ISPs Nail Their Net Promoter Score Surveys
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European Bandwidth Market: Current Snapshot
Europe is experiencing a surge in capacity demand with a critical need to connect numerous data centers....
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Securing Global Communications: An Examination of Foreign Adversary Threats to Subsea Cable...
Governments around the world are asking critical questions about national security and submarine cables,...
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What’s Shaping Business Broadband Going into 2026
What determines the cost of business broadband? The price depends on a variety of factors: Market...
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Wide Open Space: How Starlink Conquered Oceania
If you're looking for updates on Starlink's expansion, you need to know how this satellite broadband...
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Key Telecom Trends in Brazil for 2026
If you're looking for a snapshot of the Latin American telecommunications landscape going into 2026,...
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Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by SpaceX, is growing its presence in Africa—and we...
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Building Network Resiliency with Transparency and Smart Strategy
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Oct 6, 2025
Creating an AI-Ready Network with Hub and Spoke WAN
We're breaking down how AI might impact enterprise networks in data-driven deep dives. Using...
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Oct 3, 2025
Get Ready With Us for ITW Asia
Prepping for ITW Asia? Us, too. We're officially two months out, and we've been reviewing the agenda,...
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Protecting Internet Infrastructure with Submarine Cable Sensing
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Sep 25, 2025
Submarine Cable Routing on an Increasingly Crowded Seafloor
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Sep 23, 2025
International Internet Bandwidth Now Sits at 1,835 Tbps
International internet bandwidth increased by 23% in 2025, maintaining its consistent pace of steady...
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Sep 18, 2025
Current State and Forecasts for Submarine Cable Maintenance
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Sep 16, 2025
Ukraine’s Telecom Market, Explained
Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine’s telecoms operators have faced a continuous...
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Sep 11, 2025
Cybersecurity Challenges in Submarine Cable Systems
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Sep 8, 2025
IP Transit Pricing in 2025: More Competition, More Price Erosion
Providers’ shift to predominantly 100 Gbps internet backbones continues to reduce the average cost of...
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Sep 4, 2025
The Economics of Submarine Cables
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Aug 30, 2025
Bandwidth and Price for an AI-Ready, Internet-First Network
How AI will impact enterprise networks is a huge topic that we're tackling in a multi-part series. In...
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Aug 25, 2025
How to Make Your Hybrid Network AI-Ready Without Increasing Costs
How will AI impact enterprise networks? That's the huge topic I'm tackling with data from...
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Aug 14, 2025
Pre-Conference Reading List: Submarine Networks World 2025
What is the global submarine cable industry thinking about right now? What are the key debates and...
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Aug 13, 2025
Predicting How AI Will Impact Enterprise Networks
Predicting the future is hard. As an analyst, that is exactly what people hope I can do. Of course, no...
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Aug 4, 2025
How Regulation Impacts Interconnectivity
With every refresh of our Market Connectivity Score, we find new stories to tell about the state of...
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Aug 1, 2025
Conference Crib Notes: Capacity Europe Edition
If you're like our team, you're gearing up for Capacity Europe. Per usual, we're here to help you prep...
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Jul 24, 2025
You've Read About Submarine Cable Breaks. Now Read About the Repairs.
There is no shortage of headlines about high-profile cable breaks, particularly around the Baltic Sea...
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Jul 22, 2025
The Last Call for Landline Telephony? Not Yet.
How many landlines are in service in 2025? It's true that landline usage has been decreasing in favor of...
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Jul 18, 2025
The Regulatory and Geopolitical Environment of Cable Faults and Maintenance
Undersea cables are crucial to the global economy and national security. It's no surprise, then, that...
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Jul 13, 2025
5G Progress Report: Brazil
Brazil’s multi-band 5G spectrum auction concluded in November 2021, resulting in total commitments of...
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Jul 9, 2025
Investing in the Future of Mexico’s Telco Landscape
We're sure many of our readers are gearing up for Mexico Connect. Let us help you prepare for the main...
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Jun 30, 2025
It’s Going to Take $3 Billion to Ensure Submarine Cable Repair Ships Can Keep the World Connected
A new report details what is needed to sustain current service levels and reduce repair delays for the...
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Jun 23, 2025
Find the Right SD-WAN Vendor With Our Free 2025 Guide
It’s been almost a decade since SD-WAN burst onto the scene, and the service is undeniably a critical...
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Jun 13, 2025
A Fistful of Dollars: The Cable Cowboy Ropes Cox Communications
In May, U.S. cable giants Charter Communications and Cox Communications entered into a definitive...
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Jun 11, 2025
2G and 3G: Closing Time for Legacy Networks
It’s been a couple of years since we reviewed the state of the 2G and 3G mobile markets to see how...
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Jun 5, 2025
An FCC Commissioner Explains Spectrum Allocation + Broadband Expansion
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Jun 4, 2025
Why Legacy Telecom Networks Are Giving Way to the Future
“Everyone’s getting rid of it.” That’s how one carrier I spoke with described aging technologies like...
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May 29, 2025
OceanIQ on Cable Faults, Climate Change, and Collaboration
Can you stop a cable break before it happens? We know how and why cable faults occur, but could damage...
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May 27, 2025
The Key Trends Shaping Long-Haul Capacity Demand
What's shaping the trajectory of the global bandwidth market? To answer that question, we identified...
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May 23, 2025
How Data Gravity is Shaping Top Connectivity Markets
Which cities are the most connected, and which ones are the fastest growing for internet infrastructure?...
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May 20, 2025
Customers Are Consuming More Bandwidth Than Ever: What That Means for Wholesale Pricing
New data from TeleGeography’s Transport Networks Research Service tells a story about changing bandwidth...
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May 15, 2025
Building Tomorrow’s Internet: A 2025 Update on Cable Investment
A steady stream of investment has driven tremendous growth in subsea cable infrastructure to keep pace...
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May 12, 2025
International Bandwidth Demand Surpasses 6.4 Pbps
According to new data from TeleGeography’s Transport Networks Research Service, global bandwidth demand...
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May 8, 2025
The Submarine Cable Boom as Told by a Decade of TeleGeography Maps
There's been lots of conversation about the recent boom in submarine cable construction. This flurry of...
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May 2, 2025
The Strategic Importance of Eurasia on Global Connectivity
We're sure many of our readers are gearing up for Capacity Eurasia 2025. Let us help you prepare for the...
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Apr 21, 2025
Finding a Rhythm at Capacity LATAM: Four Takeaways from Brazil
Industry conferences are like orchestras: they bring together many sounds which may be hard for the...
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Apr 17, 2025
Automate or Bust: What's the Real Benefit of Network Automation?
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Apr 15, 2025
The French Billionaire Who Quietly Amassed a Telecom Empire
French billionaire Xavier Niel rose to prominence in the telecom world for his ownership of domestic...
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Apr 14, 2025
Fabulous, Unforgiving, Ever-Changing: Carl Roberts on His Career in Telecom and Tech
Carl Roberts is feeling energized. The senior ICT executive and advisor to a myriad of C-suite teams—who...
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Apr 10, 2025
Mobile Market Overview: Still Buoyant Into 2025
At the end of 2024, the global mobile subscription total stood at 8.8 billion, according to figures from...
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Apr 7, 2025
Two Decades of Datacloud Global Congress
Datacloud Global Congress returns June 3-5, 2025, in Cannes. And we have a birthday to celebrate. The...
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Apr 3, 2025
One Patent to Rule Them All? Demystifying China’s “Terrifying” Cable-Cutting Tech
My family has probably watched Lord of the Rings a dozen times or more1. We can (and sometimes will)...
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Apr 2, 2025
Bandwidth Demand is Strong in Latin America, But It's Slowing
It's true. The localization of content, applications, and compute in local hubs like São Paulo, paired...
Blog
Mar 31, 2025
What Are CDNs, and What Do They Have To Do With the Cloud?
Content delivery networks (CDNs) are a geographically distributed network of servers (caches) that work...
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Mar 26, 2025
Exit Strategy: Telefonica’s Latin American Divestments, Explained
Back in early 2019, after months of speculation linking Telefonica to a sale of its Central American...
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Mar 24, 2025
The Lay of the Land (of Local Zones)
In early 2022, AWS announced a new element to its cloud network infrastructure: the local zone. With...
Podcast Episode
Mar 20, 2025
New on the Pod: Lightyear Considers the State of Connectivity
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Mar 17, 2025
What's the Difference Between Lit Capacity and Potential Capacity?
When discussing submarine cable bandwidth, it’s crucial to distinguish between lit capacity and...
Blog
Mar 13, 2025
A Significant Slowdown in Cloud Region Deployment
In 2024, 13 new cloud regions were launched globally. This marks a significant slowdown in the...
Blog
Mar 12, 2025
Data Centers 101: Technical Terms You Should Know
From cross connects to PUE, the data center industry is packed with technical jargon. Today, we’re...
Blog
Mar 6, 2025
The Rise of Fiber
Fiber broadband is now by far the most common means of fixed broadband connectivity worldwide, although...
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Mar 4, 2025
It’s Time To Learn About Latency
Latency is a term that’s frequently cited when discussing long-haul networks. But what is it really?...
Blog
Feb 27, 2025
How Many Submarine Cables Are There, Anyway?
Subsea cables power the internet under oceans all over the world. But how many cables are there? As...
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Feb 26, 2025
Mother Earth, Motherboard
A few weeks ago, I returned to sunny Honolulu for TeleGeography’s annual telecom trends workshop at PTC....
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Feb 19, 2025
Evaluating Interconnection Market Health
What makes a city a hub? And what makes a hub healthy? Before we answer these questions, we must...
Blog
Feb 17, 2025
The State of the Network: Your 2025 Update on the Telecom Industry
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the 2025 State of the Network Report—our eighth edition. The...
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Feb 12, 2025
From Clickbait to Reality: A Deep Dive Into Global Pricing Trends
In 2024, we saw many telecom headlines in the mainstream media. There were stories on the evening news...
Podcast Episode
Feb 10, 2025
Data Assurance in the Age of AI
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Feb 6, 2025
The Podcast Goes Dark! (Dark Fiber, That is)
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Feb 5, 2025
An Interconnectivity Expert's Take on Emerging Hubs, AI, and Network Resilience in 2025
Digital Infrastructure Industry Expert Maya Glick has two decades in the digital infrastructure and...
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Feb 3, 2025
New Regional Map Depicts 77 Cable Systems Connected to Africa
Make some space on your wall. The 2025 Africa Telecommunications Map is out—and it pairs perfectly with...
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Feb 3, 2025
Is It Sabotage? Unraveling the Mystery of Undersea Cable Breaks
Lately, I've been thinking about the movie director Alfred Hitchcock. One of his first big hits was a...
Blog
Feb 3, 2025
What's the Difference Between Wholesale, Retail, & Direct Traffic?
If you’ve checked out our International Voice Report, you probably noticed that the data carefully...
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Jan 29, 2025
Peering Into the European Bandwidth Market
The European telecommunications market has been a global trailblazer in terms of innovation,...
Blog
Jan 22, 2025
The Impact of AI on Submarine Cable Networks
Submarine networks enable uninterrupted connectivity among geographically dispersed physical data...
Podcast Episode
Jan 20, 2025
What You Need to Know About Network as a Service in 2025
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Jan 20, 2025
Futuristic 2025 Submarine Cable Map Unveils the Networks of Tomorrow
Happy New Year? Now it is, because we just dropped our 2025 Submarine Cable Map. Sponsored by Telecom...
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Jan 15, 2025
5G Comes to Vietnam
Vietnamese military-run telecom operator Viettel reports impressive uptake figures since launching its...
Blog
Jan 9, 2025
A Bit Over-The-Top: What Is OTT Traffic?
The international voice market's trajectory is an inexorable downward spiral, and “over-the-top” (OTT)...
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Jan 6, 2025
The Fastest-Growing Cities for Data Center Connectivity (As of Q1 2025)
In November, we unveiled our new Market Connectivity Score (MCS) and dropped our first public rankings...
Podcast Episode
Dec 20, 2024
2024: A Telecom Year in Review
Podcast Episode
Dec 16, 2024
When Networking and Security Collide
Blog
Dec 12, 2024
More Cables, More Redundancy, and Better Performance in Africa and the Middle East
Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking at Cairo ICT about colocation and connectivity trends. I...
Podcast Episode
Dec 5, 2024
Internet Sourcing, as Explained by an Internet Aggregator
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Nov 27, 2024
Three Interconnection Hubs To Keep an Eye On
ICYMI: we recently launched a dynamic new tool called the Market Connectivity Score (MCS). The MCS is...
Blog
Nov 21, 2024
What To Know About Submarine Cable Breaks
Earlier this week, operators of two communications cables—C-Lion 1 and BCS East-West Interlink—reported...
Podcast Episode
Nov 21, 2024
A Guide to Calculating the World's Next Interconnectivity Hub (According to You)
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Nov 20, 2024
Data Center Capacity Growth: The Haves and the Have Nots
Our Data Center Research Service estimates that there are 24 metropolitan markets that have more than 1...
Podcast Episode
Nov 15, 2024
Who Orchestrates the Orchestrators?
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Nov 13, 2024
Data Centers: That’s a Lot of Power!
The data center market is in the midst of an unprecedented shift that started—publicly at least—five...
Blog
Nov 12, 2024
Reach for the Stars: How Starlink Conquered Latin America
Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX unit, is making rapid inroads...
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Nov 5, 2024
Mobile Monsters: The World’s Biggest Operators
Earlier this year, China Mobile hit one billion mobile subscriptions. In a country of more than 1.4...
Blog
Nov 1, 2024
The Fastest-Growing City for Data Center Connectivity
Many of the world’s top data center markets face issues such as rising energy costs, connectivity, and...
Podcast Episode
Oct 31, 2024
What Network Managers Should Know About AI and Machine Learning
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Oct 30, 2024
The 2025 Internet Provider Connectivity Rankings Are In
Our IP Networks Research Service—which recently underwent its big annual update—includes an analysis...
Podcast Episode
Oct 24, 2024
What to Know About Direct-to-Device Satellite Communications
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Oct 23, 2024
Six Insights from Our 2024 Business Broadband Analysis
The role of business broadband in WAN architecture is evolving. It’s no longer just a backup option—many...
Blog
Oct 17, 2024
Chinese vs. U.S. Network Infrastructure in Asia, From Cloud to Cables
Competition between the United States and China continues to be a hot topic. Take The Economist, which...
Podcast Episode
Oct 17, 2024
The History of U.S. Telecom Policy (in Under 60 Minutes)
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Oct 16, 2024
Mapping African Network Geography at AfPIF 2024
Another year, another African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) keynote presentation for Senior...
Blog
Oct 10, 2024
Ethernet in the WAN
Carrier-grade Ethernet is a critical piece of today’s enterprise WAN, and carriers continue to expand...
Blog
Oct 2, 2024
Escaping the Matrix: AI and Submarine Cables
We are now moving from sci-fi to reality with the launch of many AI services that are poised to...
Blog
Sep 26, 2024
Once a Builder of the Internet, Now an Adviser to Future Builders
Sylvie LaPerrière, one of TeleGeography's esteemed partners, is a known tech leader in the digital...
Blog
Sep 24, 2024
The Man With a Golden Interconnectivity Ranking
Many locations around the world are clamoring to become the next great hub. But before we can identify...
Blog
Sep 18, 2024
Comparing the Fiber Strategies of the Big Three U.S. Mobile Operators
Verizon’s shock agreement to acquire ISP giant Frontier Communications in a $20 billion all-cash deal...
Blog
Sep 12, 2024
5G Potential in Europe
The first commercial 5G mobile networks were launched in Europe in mid-2019. Roughly one year later,...
Blog
Sep 5, 2024
Hey, Who’s Using the Bandwidth?
To many people, the concepts of global network infrastructure and bandwidth markets are difficult to...
Blog
Aug 15, 2024
SD-WAN vs MPLS: Battling for Network Dominance
Grab your headphones, we've got a podcast recommendation. TeleGeography Senior Manager of Enterprise...
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Aug 12, 2024
Business Broadband in Africa: Notes From My Summer as a Research Intern
As our summer internship session winds down, TeleGeography welcomes summer pricing intern Zar Adisuryo...
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Jul 23, 2024
The Altnets Spearheading the UK’s Full-Fiber Future
British telecom regulator Ofcom recently published its Connected Nations report for 2023. The latest...
Blog
Jul 10, 2024
6G in Six Years?
In May 2021, TeleGeography reviewed the early stages of development of 6G mobile technology. Three years...
Blog
Jul 3, 2024
Wavelength Pricing Intel From The Conference Circuit
Halfway through 2024, TeleGeography's pricing team has logged lots of frequent flyer miles on the...
Blog
Jun 27, 2024
A (Refreshed) List of Content Providers' Submarine Cable Holdings
We've posted submarine cables owned by content providers for nearly a decade. When we first published...
Blog
Jun 20, 2024
How Are Network Pros Integrating Cloud and Networking-as-a-Service?
As cloud adoption becomes increasingly necessary for multinational enterprises, networks are becoming...
Blog
Jun 17, 2024
We Asked WAN Managers About SD-WAN + SASE
With the release of our new WAN Manager Survey intel, it was only a matter of time before we got to the...
Blog
Jun 13, 2024
Pssst. What Does Your Network Configuration Look Like?
Enterprises have embraced hybrid networks. The expansion of SD-WAN, the benefits of having local...
Blog
Jun 11, 2024
Mike Constable Considers Infrastructure from Every Angle
Mike Constable has logged many hours in digital infrastructure. He's the mind behind Infra-Analytics Pte...
Blog
Jun 6, 2024
Seven Findings From Our Latest WAN Manager Survey
With a new normal of hybrid work established, trends in network services are once again changing. But...
Blog
May 30, 2024
Where Are All the Internet Exchanges?
If you’re a regular on this blog, you're probably familiar with our submarine cable and cloud...
Blog
May 28, 2024
Why Does Diversity Matter for Submarine Cables?
Last week, I joined Ciena’s Brian Lavallée and Colt’s Laurent Taieb for a live webinar all about...
Blog
May 17, 2024
Dr. Steve Grubb Looks Forward to the Next Wave of Technology Drivers
Dr. Steve Grubb’s fascination with subsea cable technology began in the 1990s. Thirty years later, now...
Blog
May 10, 2024
Hervé Février Wants to Troubleshoot the Industry's Biggest Challenges
Dr. Hervé Février has an engineer's brain. (His colleagues have actually used the term "technical...
Blog
May 3, 2024
Philip Low Plans for AI Deployment and Decarbonization
Philip Low, Chairman of Platform Markets Group and Managing Director of Headwinds Consultants, has a lot...
Blog
Apr 25, 2024
Are You Paying the Right Price for Global Connectivity?
The enterprise wide area network (WAN) market is in a state of flux, forcing multinational corporations...
Blog
Apr 18, 2024
Mobile and Fixed Broadband Sectors Continued To Grow in 2023
According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, the global mobile subscription total stood at 8.74...
Blog
Apr 11, 2024
How an Unlikely Spanish Merger Triggered a Reshape of the Telecom Landscape
Last month saw the conclusion of the long-running mega-merger between Orange España and Grupo MASMOVIL...
Blog
Apr 9, 2024
What Did Our Submarine Cable Map Look Like in 1999?
The TeleGeography Submarine Cable Map is our longest-running map project. We started producing submarine...
Blog
Apr 4, 2024
All About Cloud Regions, Zones, and On-Ramps
Today, I'm breaking down three fundamental components of cloud networks. Cloud Regions. Regions are...
Blog
Apr 3, 2024
The Reality of Latin American Connectivity
A few weeks ago, TeleGeography headed back to São Paulo to participate in the Capacity Latin America...
Blog
Mar 28, 2024
Let’s Get Physical: Where Do Carriers Offer Network Services to Enterprises?
The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not every carrier...
Blog
Mar 25, 2024
Nigeria: Africa’s Mobile Giant
Nigeria is home to Africa’s biggest mobile market by some distance, with 217.5 million subscriptions at...
Blog
Mar 21, 2024
This Region Added the Most New Cloud Regions in 2023
Globally, 23 new cloud regions were launched in 2023. Let’s break that down by region. Which region...
Blog
Mar 19, 2024
Towards an Interconnection Index: Ranking the World’s Greatest Hubs
At TeleGeography, we’ve been working on a project called the Interconnection Index. This tool is...
Blog
Mar 15, 2024
Beyond the Red Sea Blues: West Africa Faces Fresh Cable Faults
As if three cable faults in the Red Sea weren’t enough of a headache, a series of West African cables...
Blog
Mar 14, 2024
Explaining the Internet Through the Lifecycle of a YouTube Video
Last week, we wrapped up a five-part podcast special that literally explains how the internet works....
Blog
Mar 12, 2024
The Data Center Market Blazes a New Trail
When it comes to the nature of exploration, there are typically a number of underlying forces at play,...
Podcast Episode
Mar 7, 2024
What is a WAN?
Blog
Mar 5, 2024
What We Know (And Don't) About Multiple Cable Faults in the Red Sea
We recently wrote about how Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are causing headaches for the undersea cable...
Podcast Episode
Feb 29, 2024
What is the Cloud?
Blog
Feb 23, 2024
Flashback Friday: Submarine Cable Repair in the 1980s
If you've read over our Submarine Cable Frequently Asked Questions, you know that cable faults are...
Podcast Episode
Feb 22, 2024
What Are Data Centers?
Podcast Episode
Feb 15, 2024
What is a Transport Network?
Blog
Feb 14, 2024
Global Pricing Trends in a New Era
At this year’s Pacific Telecommunications Council conference, I spent some time talking through...
Podcast Episode
Feb 8, 2024
What is the Internet?
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Feb 6, 2024
China: The World’s Biggest 5G Market
With an estimated 750 million active subscriptions at the end of September 2023, China has the world’s...
Podcast Episode
Jan 23, 2024
Wi-Fi 6 Afraid of 7?
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Jan 17, 2024
The Red Sea: A Key Subsea Cable Crossroads Under Siege
The Red Sea is a global hot spot at the moment due to repeated attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels against...
Blog
Jan 11, 2024
Ranking the World’s Largest International Voice Carriers
Many retail service providers, such as mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband providers, rely...
Blog
Jan 10, 2024
How Is the Global Network Keeping Up With Demand?
By any measure, the global bandwidth market is thriving. International bandwidth demand has nearly...
Blog
Jan 4, 2024
Where Did the Minutes Go?
The year 2014 represents the peak for international voice traffic. International call minutes declined...
Blog
Dec 27, 2023
Iliad and Vodafone: More Consolidation in Italy?
French telco group Iliad has submitted a proposal to UK-based Vodafone Group regarding the potential...
Blog
Dec 18, 2023
Colocation Pricing Trends To Watch
The pressures of supply chain disruptions, electricity price volatility, and government intervention are...
Blog
Dec 11, 2023
Where in the World Is the Largest Data Center Hub?
By our 2023 estimates, the Washington metropolitan area—or more specifically Northern Virginia...
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Dec 4, 2023
The Data Center Industry Faces New Obstacles
Recently, we’ve been closely monitoring the intensifying pressures of insatiable demand and supply...
Blog
Nov 30, 2023
Want To Retire in Your 20s? Become a Submarine Cable
Wouldn't it be great to be fully retired before your 30th birthday? Because they are engineered with a...
Podcast Episode
Nov 21, 2023
Head in the Cloud, Toes at the Edge
Blog
Nov 15, 2023
All Change in Ethiopia
Until recently, Ethiopia was one of the few telecom markets in the world that was still a monopoly, with...
Blog
Nov 13, 2023
Beware of Deep Fake TeleGeography
The age of generative AI is certainly exciting. The ability to quickly access answers to complex...
Blog
Nov 9, 2023
How Satellite Operators and Telcos Are Teaming Up
The Latin American Satellite Congress held in Rio de Janeiro at the end of September provided a great...
Podcast Episode
Nov 7, 2023
Why 4G Is Still Relevant for Enterprise Connectivity
Podcast Episode
Oct 31, 2023
How Geography Influences Network Security
Blog
Oct 25, 2023
Do Svidaniya: VEON Exits Russia
Following the sale of its local operations on October 9, 2023, Amsterdam-based multinational telecom...
Blog
Oct 19, 2023
These Factors Will Influence the Development of the Global Internet
While artificial intelligence (AI) has been the most hyped demand driver in recent years, its impact on...
Podcast Episode
Oct 17, 2023
How Do Targeted Ads Work? Is My Phone Listening In?
Blog
Oct 12, 2023
Tracking International Internet Traffic by Region
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the internet seems to have achieved a state of normalcy....
Blog
Oct 11, 2023
Inside Asia’s Increasing Demand for Cloud Expansion
In a recent interview with Asian Telecom, I was asked to shed light on Asia’s prominence in global cloud...
Podcast Episode
Oct 10, 2023
Born in the (US)NUA: LIVE from Ohio!
Podcast Episode
Oct 3, 2023
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Super Cloud
Podcast Episode
Sep 26, 2023
How NaaS Relates to SDN and Automation
Podcast Episode
Sep 19, 2023
The Total Transformation of Latin American Telecom
Blog
Sep 14, 2023
New Network Security Analysis Tracks SASE Pricing Strategies
We recently surveyed a mixture of carriers and MSPs, SD-WAN vendors, and pure-play security vendors...
Podcast Episode
Sep 12, 2023
Why Telecom Service Providers Need To Automate
Podcast Episode
Sep 5, 2023
Are These WAN Sourcing Trends Real or Just Hype?
Blog
Aug 31, 2023
How Common SASE Products Are Being Offered
Our Cloud and WAN Research Service just unveiled a fourth WAN analysis module, and it's all about...
Blog
Aug 24, 2023
Eight Enterprise Products, Explained
The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not every carrier...
Blog
Aug 22, 2023
Fiber Fever: Meet the ISPs Driving FTTH Deployment in South Africa
Earlier this month, South African ISP Vumatel announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure...
Blog
Aug 17, 2023
These Two Regions Account For About 65% of the World’s Cloud Data Centers
Cloud services have become a critical component of many enterprises' data management. And how...
Blog
Aug 15, 2023
Target Acquired: e& Sets Its Sights on Europe
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco e&—formerly known as Etisalat Group—is slowly but surely building a...
Blog
Aug 8, 2023
How the Cost of Network Ownership Can Change Over Time, Part 2
In case you missed it, we’re looking back at some previous hypothetical network scenarios to see how the...
Blog
Aug 3, 2023
How the Cost of Network Ownership Can Change Over Time
Enterprise customers have embraced hybrid networks that employ multiple underlay technologies combined...
Blog
Jul 26, 2023
Deal or No Deal? Meet the Regional ISPs Driving M&A in Brazil
Earlier this month, Brazilian regional ISPs Vero Internet and AmericaNet agreed to merge their...
Blog
Jul 20, 2023
Content Providers Are Still Hungry for Bandwidth
Earlier this week, I joined Ciena and Telstra for a live webinar highlighting Asia-Pacific market...
Blog
Jul 13, 2023
How Telefonica Embraced Strategic Alliances To Boost Fiber Coverage in Latin America
Earlier this month, international telecom group Telefonica entered into its fourth Latin American...
Blog
Jul 12, 2023
SD-What? A Quick Explanation of What SD-WAN Is and How It’s Deployed
Corporate traffic patterns continue to change. And static, single technology transport networks designed...
Blog
Jul 6, 2023
What’s the Difference Between FTTC, FTTN, and FTTP?
There are a lot of acronyms used in the telecommunications space, and it can be tough to keep them...
Blog
Jun 28, 2023
Chinese Checkers: Will the EU Block Huawei and ZTE From 5G Rollouts?
In the last few years, Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese equipment suppliers have come under increasing...
Blog
Jun 22, 2023
Satellite Mergers, Acquisitions, and Market Consolidation
Connectivity by satellite is not new, but expanding networks via low earth orbit (LEO) is a recent...
Blog
Jun 20, 2023
5G Frequency Frenzy: A Guide to Latin America’s Upcoming Spectrum Auctions
In sharp contrast to other regions, only a handful of Latin American telecom markets have seen 5G launch...
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Blog
Jun 14, 2023
Get Acquainted With Our Cloud Infrastructure Map
If you're not familiar with TeleGeography’s Cloud Infrastructure Map—a free tool that tracks cloud data...
Blog
Jun 7, 2023
Latin American Pricing Takeaways From ITW
Last month, the TeleGeography team joined scores of ICT infrastructure professionals in National Harbor,...
Blog
May 10, 2023
Shaw Thing: Canadian Merger Finally a Done Deal
A long-running telecom saga came to an end last month with the conclusion of the C$25 billion ($18.4...
Podcast Episode
Apr 25, 2023
Surveying the WANscape
Podcast Episode
Apr 18, 2023
What Happens to Cables When The Earth Moves Under Our Feet?
Blog
Apr 13, 2023
The Rise and Fall of a Caribbean Communications Kingpin
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Denis O’Brien—the Irish businessman who founded international...
Blog
Apr 12, 2023
The Inspiration Behind Our 2023 Submarine Cable Map Design
While our interactive submarine cable map is updated on a rolling basis, printed editions are unveiled...
Podcast Episode
Apr 11, 2023
Staying a Step Ahead of Mobile Fraudsters
Podcast Episode
Apr 4, 2023
AI Meets The Corporate Network
Blog
Mar 29, 2023
Real Talk: Are WAN Managers Adopting NaaS?
As cloud adoption becomes increasingly necessary for multinational enterprises, backend networks are...
Podcast Episode
Mar 28, 2023
What Makes a WAN Truly Secure?
Blog
Mar 27, 2023
Tracking 5G Deployments in the Middle East and Africa
According to the latest data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database Service, as of March 2023, 18...
Blog
Mar 15, 2023
WAN Configurations Are Shifting
Network underlays have been in transition as more enterprises install SD-WAN services and attempt to...
Podcast Episode
Mar 14, 2023
Confessions of a Telecom Investor
Podcast Episode
Mar 9, 2023
Behind the Seas: Making Our Famous Submarine Cable Map
Blog
Mar 1, 2023
Disruptions in the Data Center Market
The global data center market is under an unprecedented squeeze as we move into 2023. On one hand, we...
Podcast Episode
Feb 21, 2023
Preparing the Next Generation of Infrastructure Professionals
Blog
Feb 16, 2023
The Decline of a U.S.-Centric Global Network
Twenty years ago, the United States was very much at the center of the global internet. In 2003, 98% of...
Blog
Feb 9, 2023
Global Pricing in Uncharted Territory
Historically, the two most predictable trends in the bandwidth market have been consistent demand growth...
Podcast Episode
Feb 7, 2023
The Death of Voice Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Podcast Episode
Jan 31, 2023
Unpacking Telecom Predictions of the Past
Podcast Episode
Jan 24, 2023
SASE and Secure
Blog
Jan 23, 2023
The Panama Paper Trail: Tracking Five Years of Telecom Upheaval
Back in 2018, the Panamanian government rubber-stamped long-gestating plans to reduce the mobile market...
Podcast Episode
Jan 17, 2023
A Brief History of Networking as a Service
Blog
Jan 16, 2023
Understand Secure Access Service Edge
If you've been involved in the WAN/IT infrastructure space for the past few years, you've probably heard...
Blog
Jan 12, 2023
Shake-up in Hungary as Vodafone Exits
U.K.-based Vodafone Group has agreed to leave the Hungarian telecom market after more than 20 years of...
Blog
Jan 10, 2023
Protected vs. Unprotected Circuits
You’ve always been told to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Telecommunications professionals...
Blog
Jan 4, 2023
AI vs. TeleGeography: The Submarine Cable Showdown
The TG team is enjoying OpenAI's new ChatGPT—an artificial intelligence assistant trained to answer...
Podcast Episode
Jan 1, 2023
The WAN That Was: What We Learned From Enterprise Networking in 2022
Podcast Episode
Dec 27, 2022
Feeling '22: A Telecom Year in Review, Part 2
Podcast Episode
Dec 20, 2022
2022 in Telecom: A Year in Review
Blog
Dec 15, 2022
Latin American Market Trends: Brazil and Mexico
As telecom analysts, my TeleGeography colleagues and I have been busy attending conferences and...
Podcast Episode
Dec 13, 2022
The Digital Divide Episode
Blog
Dec 7, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #5: Let’s Throw Bandwidth at the Problem
So far, we’ve looked at several more conservative approaches to constructing a hybrid WAN. But what if...
Podcast Episode
Dec 6, 2022
Orchestrating the Service Lifecycle
Blog
Dec 5, 2022
Turkcell Unsuccessful With Iran Lawsuit
South Africa’s MTN Group has announced the end of a decade-long legal battle centered on its Iranian...
Blog
Nov 30, 2022
Sizing the WAN Market
As the WAN continues to evolve at warp speed, carriers, vendors, and enterprise IT infrastructure teams...
Podcast Episode
Nov 29, 2022
Embracing Carrier Service Automation
Blog
Nov 28, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #4: Adapting to Remote Work
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way we work. And our next scenario illustrates the...
Blog
Nov 23, 2022
Key Findings From Our Latest WAN Market Size Report
After tracking the WAN market size in 2020 and 2021 with our WAN Market Size Report, we began to think...
Podcast Episode
Nov 22, 2022
Unraveling the Fabric Providers of Reality
Blog
Nov 21, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #3: BYOB Internet WAN
So far, we’ve looked at integrating DIA and business broadband into a hybrid WAN. But there are a host...
Podcast Episode
Nov 15, 2022
Unpacking Network Observability
Blog
Nov 14, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #2: Tiered Sites Approach
Use of the internet in corporate WANs is quickly growing. And for good reason. Not only are internet...
Blog
Nov 7, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #1: High Bandwidth MPLS
Back in 2019, we built a hypothetical network to illustrate how different network configurations might...
Blog
Oct 20, 2022
The Data Center Sector: An Uncertain Juncture
There’s a remarkable sense of uncertainty in the data center sector right now. Some of the biggest...
Blog
Oct 19, 2022
A Passage to India: 5G Finally Arrives
The second most populous nation in the world, India, also boasts the world’s second-largest mobile...
Blog
Oct 18, 2022
What Role Do Satellites Play in Global Communication?
It's kind of an inside joke among telecom insiders. We've all had that conversation with a friend or...
Blog
Oct 13, 2022
Cutting off Europe? A Look at How the Continent Connects to the World
With the recent damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline, there's been lots of talk about the potential...
Podcast Episode
Oct 11, 2022
Mobile as Infrastructure in Africa
Blog
Oct 5, 2022
Price Erosion Remains the Universal Norm
Our latest Global Internet Geography Research Service refresh came with new pricing data. And if you'd...
Podcast Episode
Oct 4, 2022
Data Centers and the Opportunity at the Edge
Blog
Oct 3, 2022
Gloomy Economic Indicators… Scary Future for the Subsea Cable Industry?
Some pretty ominous headlines have been circulating around the world lately regarding the risk of a...
Podcast Episode
Sep 27, 2022
Simply Illuminating: Considering the Future of Optical Transport
Blog
Sep 21, 2022
Africa’s Mobile Sector: Still Room for Growth
Africa’s mobile communications market continues to grow at a steady pace. And take up shows no signs of...
Blog
Sep 7, 2022
How MTN Hung Up on the Middle East
Last month, it was revealed that South Africa’s MTN Group received a $31 million offer from an unnamed...
Blog
Aug 24, 2022
There’s No Comparison to Fiber
If you've ever made a “telephone” with a pair of tin cans and a string, you have an idea of how the...
Blog
Aug 11, 2022
A is for Autonomous System: The Telecom Glossary of Your Dreams
Let's face it—there are a lot of definitions to memorize in the telecom space. And if you've ever racked...
Blog
Aug 4, 2022
The Global SD-WAN Market for Large Multinational Enterprises Is Worth…
The results are in. According to our research, the global SD-WAN market for large multinational...
Blog
Aug 3, 2022
How LEO Satellite Connectivity Might Change Enterprise Networks
Endeavors like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper have brought lots of attention to the...
Blog
Jul 20, 2022
Expectations for India’s Used International Bandwidth
Here's a headline you might have caught recently. Our research indicates that India’s used international...
Blog
Jul 18, 2022
How a Complete SD-WAN Overlay Can Impact Total Network Spend
To provide insight into how a complete SD-WAN overlay can impact total network spend, it’s useful to...
Blog
Jul 14, 2022
China’s New Arrival: Say Hello to Broadnet
China has a new player in the 5G mobile market. We’re talking about China Broadnet—but it’s been around...
Blog
Jul 5, 2022
A Spanish Sub-Brand Squeeze Out
The last year has seen a number of well-known sub-brands withdraw from the Spanish mobile market, as...
Blog
Jun 30, 2022
New Cables Are Coming to Africa
While used international bandwidth has significantly increased in Africa in recent years, the region has...
Podcast Episode
Jun 21, 2022
What's Wireless Got to Do With It?
Podcast Episode
Jun 14, 2022
How Enterprises Are Implementing NaaS (And Leaving MPLS)
Blog
Jun 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Inbound Voice Traffic Is Surging. Here’s How We Know
You already know that Ukrainians are taking to platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and TikTok to share the...
Blog
Jun 8, 2022
Meet the Cellcos Serving Rural America: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our analysis of the regional cellular scene in the United States! In this...
Podcast Episode
Jun 7, 2022
Untying the Gordian Knot, Unlocking Your Future Network
Blog
May 16, 2022
Africell off to a Strong Start in Angola
The pan-African telecom group Africell has broken Angola’s long-standing mobile market duopoly with its...
Podcast Episode
May 3, 2022
The Need for NaaS
Blog
Apr 21, 2022
Considering Cloud Connectivity Providers
If you’re an enterprise network manager in need of a dedicated cloud connection service, you’re in luck;...
Podcast Episode
Apr 19, 2022
SASE Isn't Revolutionary. It's Evolutionary.
Blog
Apr 13, 2022
Meet the Cellcos Serving Rural America: Part 1
The U.S. mobile market is notoriously ultra-competitive, and household names like Sprint aren't the only...
Podcast Episode
Apr 12, 2022
Running a Network for a Healthcare Company. During a Pandemic.
Podcast Episode
Apr 5, 2022
How Global Events Impact the Internet
Blog
Mar 30, 2022
Ukrainian Telcos: Communicating Through the Conflict
We recently took a look at Ukrainian operators and their relative positions in the country’s telecom...
Blog
Mar 29, 2022
Mobile Merger Season: Examining M&A Activity Across Asia
Recent months have seen an unprecedented level of M&A activity across Asia’s mobile markets, with...
Blog
Mar 28, 2022
SD-WAN's Shift to Security
While the key SD-WAN transformation use case was built around network cost and resiliency, its focus is...
Podcast Episode
Mar 22, 2022
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Middle Mile?
Blog
Mar 21, 2022
Unpacking SD-WAN Prices
Unlike network services, SD-WAN is not a commodity, and pricing strategies are still in flux. But as the...
Podcast Episode
Mar 8, 2022
Data Centers and Digital Transformation
Blog
Mar 7, 2022
Sanctions Start to Hit Russia’s Tech Sector
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has spurred a raft of sanctions from Western governments....
Blog
Mar 1, 2022
What to Know About Fiber’s Role in Ukraine’s Information War
With all eyes on Kyiv, videos like this one from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have made a...
Blog
Feb 23, 2022
Scandinavian Skirmishes & Baltic Battlegrounds: Reviewing Regional Rivalries
Last year, we investigated how major Scandinavian telecom groups Telenor, Telia, and Tele2 have followed...
Podcast Episode
Feb 22, 2022
The WAN Managers Have Spoken (For Now)
Podcast Episode
Feb 15, 2022
Integrating Wireless into the WAN
Blog
Feb 10, 2022
Prices Are Falling in Colombia. Here’s What That Could Mean for Future Investment There
Anyone familiar with our Pricing Suite knows that São Paulo is Latin America’s de facto center for...
Blog
Feb 9, 2022
Iliad Takes the Fight to Italy's Broadband Market
French-owned telecom group Iliad has begun the next phase of its expansion in Italy, moving into the...
Podcast Episode
Feb 8, 2022
Upskilling Network Architects for the Automated Network
Blog
Feb 4, 2022
Global DIA Prices and Trends
In a recent analysis, we highlighted how DIA has gained ground as an integral part of the global...
Blog
Jan 26, 2022
Meet the Acquisition-Hungry ICT Firm Gobbling Up Telcos Across Eastern Europe
The telecom landscape in Eastern Europe has changed dramatically over the last decade, with sustained...
Podcast Episode
Jan 25, 2022
Understanding the Multicloud-Verse of Madness
Blog
Jan 13, 2022
Greece Lightning: Greek Plans for Broadband Expansion
In December, Greece's OTE Group announced a major broadband investment plan. The group revealed that its...
Blog
Jan 3, 2022
Wireless Broadband in WAN
Business broadband is no longer a connection of last resort. In fact, it is an integral part of WAN...
Blog
Dec 27, 2021
What Problem is the Middle Mile Trying to Solve?
As global enterprises become more reliant on cloud—and start to break away or reduce their traditional...
Podcast Episode
Dec 21, 2021
2021 WAN in Review: Part 2
Podcast Episode
Dec 14, 2021
2021 WAN in Review
Blog
Dec 7, 2021
Moa Capital Acquires TeleGeography
A quick bit of news from the TeleGeography team. TeleGeography has been acquired by Moa Capital, a...
Podcast Episode
Nov 23, 2021
Wholesale Pricing and the WAN
Blog
Nov 22, 2021
WAN Pricing Over Time
We've written before about how prices vary by geography. It almost goes without saying that they also...
Blog
Nov 8, 2021
Underlay Changes: MPLS vs. DIA Pricing
In the past few decades, the corporate WAN has undergone a few massive reformations. Early on, many...
Blog
Oct 27, 2021
What's the Difference Between Traffic and Bandwidth?
If you find yourself questioning the difference between traffic and bandwidth, here's an analogy that...
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Blog
Oct 25, 2021
Out of this World: The International Satellite Broadband Battle Intensifies
Starlink—the satellite broadband venture established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX business—has attracted plenty...
Blog
Oct 19, 2021
Who Really Cares About Latency?
Specifically, which applications and network operators have latency on their minds? Well, content...
Blog
Sep 7, 2021
Global Internet Traffic and Capacity Return to Regularly Scheduled Programming
Here's the headline: global internet bandwidth rose by 29% in 2021. You could consider this a return to...
Blog
Aug 12, 2021
3G’s Sun is Setting in Europe
More and more wireless operators in Europe are announcing plans to switch off their 3G networks to free...
Podcast Episode
Aug 4, 2021
Would an SD-WAN by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?
Blog
Jul 30, 2021
The Blue and Raman Cable Systems Stand Out. Here's Why.
It's likely that you've read the news by now. Google is teaming up with Telecom Italia Sparkle and...
Podcast Episode
Jul 12, 2021
NaaS, Cloud, and the Future of 5G
Podcast Episode
Jul 6, 2021
The Very Definition of SD-WAN
Podcast Episode
Jun 28, 2021
BorgWarner's Big SD-WAN Adventure
Podcast Episode
Jun 21, 2021
To the Edge and Back
Podcast Episode
Jun 14, 2021
Managing Multinational Network Modifications
Podcast Episode
Jun 7, 2021
Citing Our WAN Sources
Podcast Episode
Jun 1, 2021
Nailing Down Network-as-a-Service
Blog
May 27, 2021
Behind the Madagascan Company in the Hunt for Africa’s Telecom Assets
Last month Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular sealed a pair of deals that will see it exit...
Blog
May 20, 2021
Trans-Pacific Cable Chaos, Shifting Asian Hubs
It’s been a year since the U.S. government denied a cable license to the Pacific Light Cable Network...
Podcast Episode
May 17, 2021
Submarine Cables: It's Not Bitcoin
Podcast Episode
May 10, 2021
I'm Just the Middle Mile Man
Podcast Episode
Apr 27, 2021
What Role Will MPLS Play in the Future of the WAN?
Blog
Apr 26, 2021
Tracking TracFone: Meet the Prepaid Provider Now Worth $6.25 Billion
In September 2020, U.S. telecom giant Verizon announced the surprise takeover of prepaid MVNO TracFone...
Blog
Apr 23, 2021
How Will Broadband Prices Fare Against a Satellite Boom?
Despite the expanding role satellite providers have in delivering connectivity, the vast majority of...
Podcast Episode
Apr 19, 2021
WAN Manager Survey Data: Let's Do The Time (Series) Warp
Podcast Episode
Apr 5, 2021
The Art of Zen and Network Monitoring
Podcast Episode
Mar 29, 2021
SmartNICs, Explained
Blog
Mar 24, 2021
Deal-Making Down Under: Oceania's Wave of Telecom M&A
Earlier this month, Australian telecom group Vocus accepted a $2.7 billion (AUD3.5 billion) takeover...
Podcast Episode
Mar 8, 2021
A Very Special Episode About a Very Global Network
Blog
Mar 5, 2021
What is Internet Middle Mile?
With the middle mile emerging as one of the next major topics of interest for global enterprises, we...
Podcast Episode
Mar 1, 2021
Putting The Data Center Geography in TeleGeography
Podcast Episode
Feb 23, 2021
Designing a Network for Now (And Five Years From Now)
Podcast Episode
Feb 8, 2021
Stuck in the Middle Mile With You
Podcast Episode
Feb 1, 2021
SFW: Safe for WANs
Blog
Jan 26, 2021
Tower Talk: Meet the Companies Buying Latin America’s Cell Towers
Latin America has been a hotbed of M&A activity in recent years. And it isn’t just telecom operators...
Podcast Episode
Jan 25, 2021
Open Minds, Open Source SD-WAN
Blog
Jan 14, 2021
Data Center Matchmaking: Finding Your Dream Combo of Connectivity and Cost
🎶Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match, Find a facility That's a real catch Matchmaker, Matchmaker...
Blog
Jan 11, 2021
Wholesale Carriers Terminated Approximately 307 Billion Minutes of Traffic in 2019
Many retail service providers—such as mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband providers—rely...
Podcast Episode
Dec 17, 2020
Ponder the Future of the WAN With a Podcast Holiday Special
Blog
Nov 19, 2020
Three Facts From Our New WAN Market Size Report
If you've perused our research catalog lately, you'll know that we have a new WAN Market Size Report. In...
Blog
Oct 22, 2020
We Asked Kids What They Know About Submarine Cables
Be honest: do you actually know how many kilometers of submarine cables live under the ocean? Do you...
Blog
Oct 13, 2020
New WAN Market Size Report Shows a Global WAN Market Worth $75.9 Billion
There’s no question that the enterprise wide area network (WAN) market is in a state of flux. We’ve seen...
Blog
Sep 15, 2020
Carriers Are Restructuring Across Latin America. Is Disruption on the Horizon?
Market patterns aren’t the only forces impacting carriers. Shifts in strategy, corporate structure,...
Blog
Aug 19, 2020
Sprint Reaches the Finish Line: The Rise and Fall of an American Telco
On April 1, T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation completed their long-awaited merger. It was the beginning...
Blog
Jul 23, 2020
How to Connect to the Cloud
A simple broadband connection to the internet remains one of the most common ways to access cloud...
Podcast Episode
Jul 16, 2020
What to Know About Connecting to Your IaaS Provider
Podcast Episode
Jul 6, 2020
The WAN and Working From Home
Blog
Jul 1, 2020
Telia and Turkcell Part Company
Sweden’s Telia Company is one step closer to concentrating operations on its core Scandinavia and Baltic...
Podcast Episode
Jun 29, 2020
A Changing WAN, Benchmarked
Podcast Episode
Jun 22, 2020
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sourcing Internet
Blog
May 28, 2020
Liberty vs Security: The Battle Over SIM Registration
Would you be happy to have your fingerprints taken or get a facial scan to access phone services? Or...
Blog
May 19, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Do Tier 1 Carriers Charge More for DIA?
My colleague Elizabeth Thorne and I have been working on busting–or confirming–WAN pricing myths that...
Blog
May 14, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Can SD-WAN Cut Your Network Spend in Half?
Welcome back to the third installment of our mythbusting series, where we break down legends in telecom...
Blog
Apr 21, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Is MPLS Priced Like DIA?
In case you missed my previous post, we here at TeleGeography love busting telecom myths. But we haven’t...
Blog
Apr 7, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Is Local Access 50% or More of the WAN?
We have a years-long tradition of Mythbusting here at TeleGeography. But it occurred to me that we’ve...
Blog
Mar 30, 2020
Schrodinger's MPLS and Why Predicting the Future is Hard
Predicting the future is hard, especially when it comes to complex markets with disruptive variables...
Blog
Mar 24, 2020
How BT Intends to Dismantle Its Global Empire
In December 2019, UK telecom giant BT Group agreed to sell BT Espana to investment fund Portobello...
Blog
Mar 23, 2020
On TEMs: You Can't Benchmark Your Network if You Don't Understand What You're Buying
Let's talk about telecom expense management, better known as TEM. TEMs are designed to make untangling...
Blog
Mar 2, 2020
Finns Lead the Way in Mobile Data Usage
Mobile data usage continues to boom worldwide. Here’s just one example. Following Super Bowl LIV in...
Blog
Feb 11, 2020
About That PLCN Delay: Four Trans-Pacific Cable Market Facts to Consider
There's been a lot of press about delayed approval for the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) cable,...
Blog
Jan 23, 2020
Tracking the 4G Decade
December 2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the world’s first commercial LTE network launch....
Blog
Jan 21, 2020
Telecom Training: Voice Jargon 101
It's a new year, which means we've refreshed the data in our International Voice Report. If you're new...
Blog
Dec 10, 2019
TeleGeography's Business Broadband Acronym Cheatsheet
The telecom space is loaded with acronyms. (Take this from the people who recently published a post...
Blog
Dec 5, 2019
What is IP Transit?
Only a few of the world’s largest internet backbone providers get transit-free status, exchanging all of...
Blog
Nov 25, 2019
IP VPN, DIA, and EVPN, Explained
What's the Difference Between VPN, DIA, and EVPN? Looking to set up your network? Here are some key...
Blog
Nov 22, 2019
Understanding Peering
Today we answer the burning question "what is peering and how does it work?" First, some history. The...
Blog
Oct 29, 2019
A Brief History of ARPANET: The Early Internet
When was the internet born? On October 29, 1969, Professor Len Kleinrock and his team of graduate...
Blog
Oct 18, 2019
SD-WAN Management Costs, Wargamed
In house or outsourced? This is an age-old question for many firms. If you’re a big economics nerd like...
Blog
Oct 8, 2019
Is Your Planned Submarine Cable Doomed?
Anyone who follows the submarine cable sector knows that a lot of cables have been built in recent...
Blog
Oct 3, 2019
Signals of Success: What to Look for in Submarine Cable Press Releases
I'm a cynic and you can be one, too! This was the title of Tim Stronge's presentation during a recent...
Blog
Aug 28, 2019
WAN Wargaming: What Happens When You Leave MPLS Behind?
Welcome back to our blog series on “wargaming” WAN configurations to see how product choice can affect...
Blog
Aug 6, 2019
Adding SD-WAN, Keeping MPLS
My wife has a brutal Northern Virginia commute; she drives about 80 miles a day. Recently, we decided it...
Blog
Aug 1, 2019
Wargaming Your WAN: MPLS-Broadband Edition
Hello and welcome to the third entry in our series about wargaming WAN configuration scenarios. We’ve...
Blog
Jul 22, 2019
Adopting Local Internet Breakouts in an MPLS-DIA Hybrid WAN
Welcome to the second entry in this series on “wargaming” WAN scenarios to make sure you’re getting the...
Blog
Jul 18, 2019
Why Should You Model WAN Costs? Our New Blog Series Will Show You.
I recently finished Seveneves by science fiction author and telecom enthusiast Neal Stephenson. This...
Blog
Jul 9, 2019
Building and Managing Security Empowered SD-WAN
The benefits of SD-WAN are apparent: more bandwidth, local breakouts, flexibility, etc. That being said,...
Blog
Jul 3, 2019
How Telefonica Hung Up on Central America
After months of speculation linking Spanish telecom giant Telefonica to a sale of its Central American...
Blog
Jul 1, 2019
Will New Satellites End the Dominance of Submarine Cables?
There’s been a lot in the press recently about new low-orbit satellites. Rumors abound about content...
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Jun 25, 2019
Will Bandwidth Prices Eventually be the Same on All Routes?
I call this one the price parity myth—the notion that one day bandwidth prices will be the same on all...
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Jun 20, 2019
Are Content Providers The Biggest Investors in New Submarine Cables?
We’ve written quite a bit about content provider’s investments in new cables. And we’ve seen headlines...
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Jun 13, 2019
Are New Cables Avoiding Landing in the UK Because of Brexit?
Is it true that new cables are avoiding landing in the UK because of the Brexit vote? I was curious to...
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Jun 11, 2019
Do Human Senses Provide the Ultimate Cap on Bandwidth?
Our thirst for bandwidth must have a ceiling. It just must. In our first-ever user-submitted myth, Chief...
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Jun 7, 2019
Will Fiber Pairs Become the New Coin of the Realm?
Have you heard that submarine cable fiber pairs will eventually become a standard unit of purchase? I...
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Jun 4, 2019
Are Current Industry Practices Enough to Accommodate Future Capacity Requirements?
The submarine cable industry’s current practices will sustain our future capacity requirements. We...
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May 30, 2019
Does 70% of the World’s Internet Traffic Flow Through Virginia?
Have you heard the one about 70% of the world’s internet traffic flowing through northern Virginia? This...
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Apr 8, 2019
Picking Your Provider: How Carrier Selection Affects Your WAN Costs
My grandfather told stories about his days as a milkman in the 50s. To a kid growing up 30 years later,...
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Apr 5, 2019
Are All These New Undersea Cables Really Giving Us Faster Internet? Not Exactly.
How many times have we heard that new undersea cables will bring consumers Internet speeds faster than a...
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Mar 26, 2019
How Nextel Disappeared from Latin America
Mexican telecom giant America Movil (AM) recently struck an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Nextel...
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Mar 7, 2019
Our LatAm Telecom Map Explores the Sub Cables of South America
Our regional maps have taken us to all corners of the globe. We've used them to explore...
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Feb 27, 2019
You're Going to be Reading More About Managed SD-WAN
While independent SD-WAN vendors make their mark, traditional telecom service providers are rolling out...
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Jan 14, 2019
A Guide to 5G Spectrum Auctions in the Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and...
As the telecom world prepares to enter the 5G era, our GlobalComms team has been tracking major 5G...
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Oct 31, 2018
The Spooky Future for Aging Cables
Halloween—a time when boundaries between the living and the dead are blurred. It's a season for ghost...
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Oct 4, 2018
Is a Mass Extinction of Submarine Cables Looming?
The rapid pace of demand growth is only going to require more international bandwidth in the coming...
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Sep 20, 2018
International Internet Capacity Growth Just Accelerated for the First Time Since 2015
It's true. International internet capacity growth defied long-term trends in 2018 and accelerated for...
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Aug 9, 2018
The Ultimate Throwback Thursday: TeleGeography's First Map
TeleGeography started producing submarine cable maps in 1999, but we had been mapping the world of...
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Jul 30, 2018
Happy Anniversary to the AC-1: A Twenty Year Retrospective at Subsea EMEA
Way back in 1998, a press release went out from Global Crossing about the first segment of their...
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Jul 10, 2018
Our New E-book Contains Nearly 50 Maps and 20 Years of Telecom History
We’ve been making maps for a long time–since 1996, if you can believe it. Our maps don the walls of...
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Jun 12, 2018
Three Things Investors Should Know About the Submarine Cable Market
We get lots of questions about submarine cables. Where are they? Who owns them? What happens when they...
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May 30, 2018
Content, Capacity, and the Great, Growing Demand for International Bandwidth
Global bandwidth demand continues to grow, spurring terrestrial and submarine cable network operators to...
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May 2, 2018
Submarine Cable Redundancy, Explained
You might have heard about a recent cable cut near Mauritania. The short version? On March 30, damage to...
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Apr 10, 2018
Where Are the World's Cloud Data Centers and Who is Using Them?
TeleGeography’s Cloud and WAN Infrastructure details the international wide area network (WAN) services,...
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Oct 30, 2017
Stranger Things: Why Netflix Isn’t Behind New Submarine Cable Builds
Besides sharks eating undersea cables, one of the biggest myths that I’ve seen recently is Netflix being...
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Oct 10, 2017
A Core Group of Specialists are Serving Most of the IP Transit Market
IP transit providers face a formidable mix of unrelenting price erosion, peering alternatives, and brisk...
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Oct 5, 2017
Optical Illusions: Content Providers and the Impending Transformation of International Transport
This week TeleGeography VP of Research Tim Stronge made his way to San Jose to speak at NANOG 71. His...
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Sep 25, 2017
Ever Googled “What is Colocation?” This Post is For You.
What is Colocation? In short, a colocation center is a data center that provides shared space for...
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Aug 16, 2017
Three Facts That Summarize the Current Global Wholesale Bandwidth Market
We've been tracking the market for long-haul networks and submarine cables since 1999. Our data...
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Aug 10, 2017
The Jio Effect: How the Newcomer Made an Impact in India
The second most populous nation in the world, India has the second largest mobile market behind China....
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Jul 31, 2017
Three Colocation Pricing Facts Every Networker Should Know
We dug into the latest summary of key findings from our innovative Data Center Research Service to...
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Jul 28, 2017
Shaping the Global Wholesale Bandwidth Market
The global wholesale bandwidth market is influenced by many factors—some that change the face of the...
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Jul 25, 2017
We All Experience Latency. So Let's Understand What it is.
“The connectivity sort of festoons around the continent—it’s all structured to backhaul that traffic to...
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Jul 14, 2017
A Timeline: How Europe's Altice Made its Mark in the U.S.
The recent sale of shares by Altice USA has brought the company firmly into the spotlight, with the...
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Jul 10, 2017
The Speed of Light Never Changes—Except When it Does
According to NASA, light travels at a constant, finite speed of 186,000 mi/sec. So the speed of light...
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Jun 15, 2017
Christian Koch on Local Networks, Peering, and Bringing a Network Operators Group to NYC
Christian Koch is passionate about the internet. He currently leads Core Network Planning and...
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May 24, 2017
Growing Your WAN to Meet the Demands of the Modern Workplace
As a WAN manager, how do you ensure your business has an available, reliable, and secure network when...
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May 11, 2017
What is a VPN and Do I Need One?
VPN is a virtual private network that shares data through a public network like the internet. There's no...
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May 9, 2017
How Do IP Addresses Work?
What’s an IP address and how does it work? Good question. Here's a quick guide to help you understand...
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May 3, 2017
Cable Breakage: When and How Cables Go Down
Earlier this year we fielded some of the most frequently asked questions about submarine cables. How do...
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Mar 27, 2017
Before FaceTime: When The Picturephone Was The Future
"From a booth set up in Grand Central Terminal, a person could talk to a friend in Chicago or Washington...
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Feb 28, 2017
What is the Internet of Things?
You may have seen the term Internet of Things thrown around on our site before. If you’ve found yourself...
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Feb 10, 2017
Staring into the Luminiferous Ether (Or How Ethernet Got its Name)
Since Ethernet was invented in 1973, it has remained one of the most widely-used local area network...
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Jan 27, 2017
In 1954, Popular Mechanics' Headlines Were About Connecting Hemispheres
Here's a good one from the archives. "America and Europe will soon be linked by the first trans-Atlantic...
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Jan 26, 2017
Market Sees First Decline in International Voice Carrier Traffic Since Great Depression
With the TeleGeography Report hot off the press, it seems that this year's data contains more than a few...
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Nov 28, 2016
Meet The Father of Fiber Optic Communication
Any good telecoms scholar has probably come across Charles K. Kao. But even if you aren’t familiar with...
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Nov 21, 2016
Rise of the Machines: Narrowband Internet of Things Takes Off
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of announcements regarding trials and proposed commercial rollouts...
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Nov 16, 2016
Understanding “The Last Mile”
One tiny data packet has traveled the world. It’s made its way from Sydney, Australia, all the way to...
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Nov 14, 2016
To Buy or Not to Buy: That is the 700MHz Question
A planned auction of spectrum in the 694MHz-790MHz (700MHz) band in Sweden has been postponed, while the...
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Nov 8, 2016
The Trombone Effect, Explained
No. This effect has nothing to do with a big parade. The trombone effect, or just "tromboning," attempts...
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Oct 25, 2016
The Dyn DDoS Attack, Explained
What happened during Friday’s massive internet outage on the East Coast? You know by now that sites like...
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Oct 7, 2016
What is the Nyquist Theorem and Why Does it Matter?
It’s a good week to celebrate math and science. As the world celebrates a new batch of Nobel Laureates –...
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Aug 30, 2016
The Case for the Hybrid Network or SD-WAN
Hybrid WANs that employ a combination of technologies—such as MPLS and internet connectivity—have become...
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Aug 24, 2016
4G Breaks Through That Great Chinese Wall
The popularity of 4G mobile services in China continues to take off and subscriber growth shows no signs...
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Aug 23, 2016
What's the Difference Between the World Wide Web and the Internet?
Happy Internaut Day! On August 23, 1991, users accessed the World Wide Web for the first time, paving...
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Aug 8, 2016
SD-WAN Provider Facts for the Modern Network Specialist
Network specialists herald the software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) as the most significant...
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Jul 26, 2016
A Primer For Anyone Who Has Ever Googled “What is SD-WAN?"
Faced with the one-two punch of growing bandwidth demand and restricted network budgets, corporate wide...
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Jul 14, 2016
Mythbusters: Revenge of the Cable Myths, Part III
In Part II of TeleGeography's Mythbusters presentation at SubOptic 2016, Alan Mauldin busted five myths...
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Jul 7, 2016
Mythbusters: Revenge of the Cable Myths, Part II
In the first part of TeleGeography’s Mythbusters presentation at SubOptic 2016, Tim Stronge busted myths...
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Jun 30, 2016
Mythbusters: Revenge of the Cable Myths, Part I
TeleGeography’s Tim Stronge and Alan Mauldin returned to the triennial SubOptic conference this year to...
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May 2, 2016
The Network That Ensures Your Inflight Meals are On Time
Looking back on a couple of intensive days at the New York WAN Summit, one of the highlights for me was...
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