Dec 7, 2021
Moa Capital Acquires TeleGeography
A quick bit of news from the TeleGeography team.
TeleGeography has been acquired by Moa Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm.
Nov 23, 2021
Wholesale Pricing and the WAN
While a fifteen-year friendship with Greg is not a prerequisite for guests on the pod, it sure makes for good conversation.
To kick off Season 3 of the podcast, Greg calls on longtime colleague Rob Schult—who also happens to be a Research Director here at TeleGeography—to draw the connection between the wholesale market and the enterprise retail market.
What should IT infrastructure and sourcing teams pay attention to in the wholesale market most?
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 change over time.
Over the last 15 years of price tracking, we've consistently observed annual declines of around 10% to 20% over the long term. We can see slower or more rapid declines in some locations or bandwidths, but prices always go down over longer terms.
Nov 8, 2021
Underlay Changes: MPLS vs. DIA Pricing
In the past few decades, the corporate WAN has undergone a few massive reformations.
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 will help.
Starlink—the satellite broadband venture established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX business—has attracted plenty of attention this year, especially as the outspoken entrepreneur continues to share his company’s ambitious plans on social media.
With fellow tycoon Jeff Bezos plotting an alternative satellite broadband launch via Project Kuiper, the two billionaires have become embroiled in an increasingly bitter public feud in recent months.
But these two heavyweights aren’t the only parties determined to enter the satellite broadband sector. From China, to Canada, to the UK, let’s break down the key international players targeting the low earth orbit (LEO) sector to see how their respective proposals stack up.
Oct 19, 2021
Who Really Cares About Latency?
Specifically, which applications and network operators have latency on their minds?
Well, content providers, gaming companies, financial enterprises, and cloud service providers, to name a few.
TeleGeography Senior Analyst Paul Brodsky recently joined experts from Ciena and Angola Cables for an hour-long discussion centered around Connecting to Africa with Low-Latency Services.
Here's the headline: global internet bandwidth rose by 29% in 2021.
You could consider this a return to normal over the previous year's COVID-driven surge of 34%. Total international bandwidth now stands at 786 Tbps, representing a four-year CAGR of 29%.
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 up spectrum for newer, faster 4G and 5G services.
As we dig into technical standards and definitions, MEF has come up several times on this show. It was only a matter of time before we put them in the hot seat.
