Thomas Simpson

Thomas was formerly TeleGeography's marketing associate.

Recent Posts

Sep 22, 2016

Meet With TeleGeography's Russian Research Specialists

TeleGeography's Russian research specialists Jonathan Hjembo and Elliott Cheresh will be returning to Capacity Russia & CIS on October 18-19.

Meet with Jon and Elliott in Moscow to learn more about TeleGeography's data coverage of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. 

Sep 16, 2016

Current and Potential Investment Opportunities in South America's Next Telecoms Hub

Join Anahí Rebatta at Capacity Central America and Andean in Bogotá, Colombia on October 11 & 12. 

Anahí will be moderating the panel "Peru: Identifying and Evaluating the Current and Potential Investment Opportunities in South America's Next Telecoms Hub" on October 11.

Aug 15, 2016

[Webinar]: Challenges and Opportunities for the WAN in Asia and the Pacific

In an exclusive sneak peek of our inaugural WAN Summit Singapore, TeleGeography's Greg Bryan hosted a webinar on August 23.

Greg touched on some of the most important questions faced by corporate network managers in Asia and the Pacific. If you manage a network in Asia and the Pacific or work closely with a team there - and you have 30 minutes - this webinar is essential listening.

Aug 1, 2016

International Bandwidth and Pricing Trends in Africa at AfPIF 2016

TeleGeography Senior Analyst Patrick Christian will be attending the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from August 30 - September 1, 2016.

If you, too, find yourself in Tanzania later this month, you can meet up with Patrick at AfPIF and catch his presentation "International Bandwidth and Pricing Trends in Africa."

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 that ranged from whether capacity demand is doubling every two years to a quote from the movie Gravity that the destruction of a single satelite would lead to half of North America "losing their Facebook." In the concluding part of this series, Tim Stronge returns to the stage to take on myths about energy costs pushing decisions about content providers' data center locations, multiple parties building on the same route and "adult" content driving most Internet traffic. 

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 about NSA Surveillance, decreases in connectivity to the United States and shark attacks on the internet. In Part II, Alan Mauldin investigates whether submarine cable capacity is doubling every two years, if content providers really need fiber pairs everywhere, if the global network is more resilient than ever before, whether Netflix has huge subsea capacity requirements and the possibility that the destruction of a single satelite would cause half of North America to "lose their Facebook". 

Jul 6, 2016

Stephan Beckert at Cowen Communications Infrastructure Summit

TeleGeography VP of Strategy, Stephan Beckert, will be attending  the 2nd Annual Cowen Communications Infrastructure Summit in Boulder, Colorado from August 8-9, 2016. Stephan will be delivering a workshop presentation on "Networks in the Age of the Cloud." 

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 deliver a follow-up to their popular and humorous submarine cable mythbusting master class from the 2013 event. In just over an hour, Tim and Alan “exploded” eleven of the most prevalent myths about the submarine cable industry. To cover the scope of the master class, we’ll be recapping the entire presentation over the course of a three-part blog series.

Jun 16, 2016

Africa Takes Center Stage at ITW 2016

TeleGeography returned to International Telecoms Week once again on May 9-11. The official event program, organized by Capacity Conferences featured two panels specifically dedicated to African connectivity issues, “Unlocking Potential in Africa: Keeping up with African Data Traffic” and “Africa Data Centers, Why Africa, Why Now?” Our analysts, Paul Brodsky and Patrick Christian, attended both discussions and found them a great supplement to information learned in private meetings. Here are our key takeaways from the event about the Africa market. 

Jun 7, 2016

[Webinar] Land Ho! Connecting Data Centers Under the Sea

If you missed the live TeleGeography and Ciena webinar, "Land Ho! Connecting Data Centers under the Sea" on June 22, 2016, you can watch a recording of the webinar on demand, or download the presentation slide deck, here. Join Paul Brodsky, Senior Analyst with TeleGeography, and Brian Lavallée, Director of Solutions Marketing from Ciena, for a discussion about the impact of shifts in private vs. Internet network bandwidth consumption are having on transoceanic DCI, and the technology and strategies that will keep both submarine and data center operators ahead of the curve when managing their traffic flows.