Situated in the northeast Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were hit hard by back-to-back hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017.
The Asia-Pacific region accounts for more than half of the world’s 7.7 billion wireless subscribers, but it remains a region of extremes. It’s home to some of the most advanced mobile markets as well as some of the least developed. While one country boasts the largest 4G LTE market on the planet, others have yet to offer licenses for LTE services.
Feb 8, 2018
Potential Warning Signs in the Colocation Market
During the 2018 Pacific Telecommunications Council Annual Conference, Director of Colocation Research Jon Hjembo treated attendees to an outlook of the colocation market. His presentation looked past recent headlines to take a more scrutinizing look at the industry, identifying potential flags for the networking world.
So—are there things we should be worried about?
This post comes from our new e-book, The State of the Network: 2018 Edition. To download and enjoy this free resource, click here.
This post comes from our new e-book, The State of the Network: 2018 Edition. To download and enjoy this free resource, click here.
The refreshed SD-WAN Research Service is here.
Beyond updated product research, this tool now contains pricing data, meaning that users can explore the cost of SD-WAN overlays alongside the core infrastructure information already tracked in this product.
We’ve posed the question "where is the internet" to our experts before. And we’ve gotten a good answer: internet hubs exist where internet operators exchange traffic.
Jan 29, 2018
Talkin' Telcos at Telecoms World Asia 2018
If you're on the conference circuit, we've got another event to add to your list. Telecoms World Asia is happening March 19-20 in Bangkok.
Jan 26, 2018
A New Look Inside International Wholesale Services
Many retail service providers—mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband providers—rely heavily on wholesale carriers to transport and terminate their customers’ international calls.
With the recent update to the TeleGeography Report and Database, we know that wholesale carriers terminated approximately 363 billion minutes of traffic in 2016, down four percent from 2015.
Jan 24, 2018
Return of the Rise of the Apps
According to our TeleGeography Report and Database, 2015 marked a turning point in the international voice market—the first time since the Great Depression that international call traffic declined, even if only by one half percent. However, the slump in voice traffic metastasized in 2016, as carriers’ traffic slumped 4.5 percent to 528 billion minutes.
