Recent months have seen an unprecedented level of M&A activity across Asia’s mobile markets, with eye-catching deals in Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Indonesia.
Today we examine the players reshaping the Asian telecom landscape.
Mar 28, 2022
SD-WAN's Shift to Security
While the key SD-WAN transformation use case was built around network cost and resiliency, its focus is now shifting to security.
Enterprises have moved to more internet connectivity. Traffic patterns have moved away from on-premise data centers to neutral colo facilities or cloud service providers/hyperscalers. And over the past two years, edge access has moved out of the corporate site—to home and remote connections.
These forces changed how enterprises approach network security, and SD-WAN vendors have responded with new partnerships and feature sets.
This review looks at enterprise security trends and how SD-WAN vendors have adapted to accommodate security needs.
Mar 23, 2022
Ukraine’s Telecom Market, Explained
Due to the ongoing conflict, Ukrainian operators are suffering cyberattacks and physical network damage.
Below, we take a look at who those operators are and their relative positions in the country’s telecom market.
Mar 22, 2022
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Middle Mile?
Coevolve CTO Ciaran Roche is back on the pod. And he's in the hot seat to discuss how middle mile solutions are selected to solve real-world enterprise WAN issues.
Mar 21, 2022
Unpacking SD-WAN Prices
Unlike network services, SD-WAN is not a commodity, and pricing strategies are still in flux. But as the service matures, this is beginning to change.
Median price points have started to decline and the range in reported vendor prices has started to converge.
Let's unpack SD-WAN prices—starting with pricing models.
Mar 17, 2022
It's Your Lucky Day. The 2022 SD-WAN Guide Is Here!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, e-book lovers.
We've got a pot of vendor landscaping gold to introduce you to.
Meet the 2022 edition of our SD-WAN Guide—detailing 26 SD-WAN vendors and 90 managed SD-WAN providers in one handy PDF.
Before 2009, only 16 African countries were connected to a submarine cable system.
But in 2016, submarine cable capacity reached 33 countries; seven sub-Saharan countries had access to three or more systems.
Today, Africa leads the globe in international bandwidth growth. This has been facilitated by improved international connectivity along the critical Europe-to-India-and-Asia submarine corridor that connects East Africa to the rest of the world.
Our own Paul Brodsky will be joining forces with Ciena and Djibouti Telecom on March 23 at 11:00 a.m. ET for a live discussion on this topic.
Mar 9, 2022
Submarine Cable Growth: Fashions from Yesteryear
We recently shared the pricing workshop and interconnection sector review our team presented at PTC '22.
But wait—there's more!
TeleGeography VP of Research Tim Stronge was on the scene to answer three questions about the submarine cable buildout boom.
Mar 8, 2022
Data Centers and Digital Transformation
When it comes to the cloud and digital transformation of the enterprise, it's always useful to come back to the fact that physical geography matters to our digital world.
Mar 7, 2022
Sanctions Start to Hit Russia’s Tech Sector
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has spurred a raft of sanctions from Western governments.
These measures are aimed at limiting Russia’s international economic activity and foreign trade.