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Sep 23, 2025
Total International Bandwidth Now Sits at 1,835 Tbps
Global internet bandwidth increased by 23% in 2025, maintaining its consistent pace of steady growth....
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Paul Brodsky
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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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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?...
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Feb 11, 2025
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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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 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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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...
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Sep 5, 2024
Hey, Who’s Using the Bandwidth?
To many people, the concepts of global network infrastructure and bandwidth markets are difficult to...
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Jan 4, 2024
Where Did the Minutes Go?
The year 2014 represents the peak for international voice traffic. International call minutes declined...
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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...
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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....
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Aug 24, 2023
Eight Enterprise Products, Explained
The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not every carrier...
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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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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...
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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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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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