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Patrick Christian

Patrick Christian

Patrick Christian is a Senior Research Manager with TeleGeography. He heads the Cloud and WAN Research Service. He also focuses on African and European markets specializing in international bandwidth markets and internet infrastructure, WAN services, terrestrial and submarine cable systems, and international voice traffic analysis.

Patrick Christian

Features articles by Patrick Christian

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Mar 31, 2025

What Are CDNs, and What Do They Have To...

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are a geographically distributed network of servers (caches)...

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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...

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Mar 13, 2025

A Significant Slowdown in Cloud Region...

In 2024, 13 new cloud regions were launched globally. This marks a significant slowdown in the...

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Feb 3, 2025

New Regional Map Depicts 77 Cable...

Make some space on your wall. The 2025 Africa Telecommunications Map is out—and it pairs...

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Dec 12, 2024

More Cables, More Redundancy, and...

Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking at Cairo ICT about colocation and connectivity...

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Oct 17, 2024

Chinese vs. U.S. Network Infrastructure...

Competition between the United States and China continues to be a hot topic. Take The...

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Apr 4, 2024

All About Cloud Regions, Zones, and...

Today, I'm breaking down three fundamental components of cloud networks. Cloud Regions....

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Mar 21, 2024

This Region Added the Most New Cloud...

Globally, 23 new cloud regions were launched in 2023. Let’s break that down by region. Which...

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Jan 11, 2024

Ranking the World’s Largest...

Many retail service providers, such as mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband providers,...

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Aug 17, 2023

These Two Regions Account For About 65%...

Cloud services have become a critical component of many enterprises' data management. And how...

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Jun 14, 2023

Get Acquainted With Our Cloud...

If you're not familiar with TeleGeography’s Cloud Infrastructure Map—a free tool that tracks...

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Jun 30, 2022

New Cables Are Coming to Africa

While used international bandwidth has significantly increased in Africa in recent years, the...

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Jan 11, 2021

Wholesale Carriers Terminated...

Many retail service providers—such as mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband...

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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...

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Apr 10, 2018

Where Are the World's Cloud Data...

TeleGeography’s Cloud and WAN Infrastructure details the international wide area network (WAN)...

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Jan 26, 2017

Market Sees First Decline in...

With the TeleGeography Report hot off the press, it seems that this year's data contains more...

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