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.

WAN
Sep 14, 2016

TG Interview: Taking the WAN Summit to Singapore

After a successful three-year run in New York and London, next week the TeleGeography team heads to Singapore for the first-ever WAN Summit Singapore.

Sep 13, 2016

The Politics of Broadband in Australia

Broadband users had real skin in the game during Australia’s last parliamentary election. This is big, considering Australia is in the middle of the world’s craziest broadband project.

Sep 9, 2016

4 Telecom Articles You Should Read This Weekend

If you’re like us, you’ve saved the best stuff on the Internet for some lazy weekend reading. Our team has four suggestions for telecoms pieces that'll make your morning coffee and your reading queue a little more interesting.

Sep 7, 2016

Bandwidth Prices are Eroding, Volume is Growing, and the Market Spins Madly on

Content network operators account for a growing portion of bandwidth on global routes.

Perhaps by now you’ve read what companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are doing about it: they’re taking primary ownership shares of transoceanic systems, joining consortia, and taking major stakes in carrier-owned cables.

Sep 2, 2016

The Truth About Digital Traffic Jams

If you've ever seen that little buffer symbol on your laptop screen as you wait for a movie to load, you know what digital traffic jams feel like.

Aug 31, 2016

Big in Japan: UQ Continues to Spur WiMAX Growth

Once the hot new technology in telecoms, you could be forgiven for thinking that WiMAX is yesterday’s news. Many operators have already abandoned their WiMAX rollout plans in favour of LTE mobile systems or fixed line alternatives.

There is one country, however, where WiMAX is not only surviving, but thriving.

Aug 30, 2016

The Case for the Hybrid Network

Hybrid WANs that employ a combination of technologies - such as MPLS and Internet connectivity - have become increasingly popular as enterprise customers and service providers embrace the software-defined WAN.

What is really driving the move to the hybrid WAN?

And what advice do those who have adopted the technology have for those planning a similar transition?

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 of slowing.

With almost 576 million 4G customers at the end of June 2016, China is home to twice as many 4G users as the next largest market (the U.S.). But why?

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 the way for the internet that we turn to for the latest and greatest cat gifs.

So here's a question: what's the difference between the World Wide Web and the internet?