In my last post, I explored how companies are taking their workforces remote. This time around, I’d like to return to that data set and ask: what are the biggest challenges WAN managers face as offices adapt to remote work?
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has upended every aspect of life this year, including how we travel, socialize, and work. While some promising vaccine studies look like a light at the end of the tunnel, it may still be months until some semblance of normalcy returns.
We’ve reported on how global bandwidth and data center demand has surged in 2020, driven by the mass migration of work, school, and play to the home internet. Companies hoping to transition their workforce to remote access found their IT/network departments at the forefront of their response to the crisis.
I remember my trip to Honolulu for my first-ever PTC at the beginning of this year. Little did I know 2020 was about to take an unexpected turn.
As the year draws to an end, I thought it would be helpful to look at what 2020 really meant for Asia Pacific networks.
The Brazilian telecom sector is a hotbed of deal-making activity in 2020. And regional consolidation is a theme.
While industry observers are focused on the high-profile auction of Oi’s mobile assets—which is scheduled to take place on December 14—a series of broadband-centric deals have taken place under the radar.
Today, we explore the companies who are pulling the strings.
Nov 19, 2020
Three Facts From Our New WAN Market Size Report
If you've perused our research catalog lately, you'll know that we have a new WAN Market Size Report.
In this offering, we present a data-driven, granular view of market opportunity for underlay of the corporate WAN. (More about that here.)
To understand where the larger multinational WAN market stands today, we're sharing three takeaways from the first edition of the WAN Market Size Report.
Nov 16, 2020
Watch: Bandwidth Demand in a Pandemic
What is the impact of COVID-19 on international bandwidth demand so far? How are carriers responding? Are we building enough cables to keep up?
Fear not. Alan Mauldin has answers.
Nov 11, 2020
Snow Falling on Data Centers
Snow cooling data centers.
Indeed, it's a cool idea (pun intended) and some Japanese companies are already using this natural resource to keep their data centers frosty.
This story makes our monthly list of recommended telecom stories, as does a recap of our recent webinar on international bandwidth deployment and coverage of 5G services in Asia.
Nov 5, 2020
2G Bows Out, 5G Grows in South Korea
South Korea’s cellular sector is the scene of intense, cutthroat competition between its three mobile network operators (MNOs): SK Telecom (SKT), KT Corp, and LG Uplus. Advanced technology rollouts have been a key battleground for the trio.
Welcome to the Big Submarine Cable Quiz.
Google's Jayne Stowell is putting your cable knowledge to the test with a series of cable questions—and some head-scratching factoids.
Oct 30, 2020
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