May 3, 2017

Cable Breakage: When and How Cables Go Down

Earlier this year we fielded some of the most frequently asked questions about submarine cables. How do they work? How thick are they? How many kilometers of cable are there?

Today, we're going back under the sea to talk about what happens when bad things happen to good submarine cables.

May 2, 2017

[Webinar] TDM is Taking on Water – Packets to the Rescue!

ISPs no longer dominate the submarine cable bandwidth scene. Content providers do.

This was a key message of Tim Stronge's opening presentation during last week's webinar "TDM is Taking on Water—Packets to the Rescue," a collaboration between TeleGeography and Ciena. 

WAN
Apr 28, 2017

How Do You Benchmark Your WAN? Here's What Our WAN Summit New York Attendees Said.

At the WAN Summit New York, we polled our largest audience to date about their WAN design, how they use SD-WAN and MPLS, and how they benchmark WAN costs.

Apr 24, 2017

Mapping Cables, Seeking Adventure: The 2017 Submarine Cable Map Has Arrived

TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map has been updated for 2017 and designed for the modern adventurer. (And if you're heading to ITW 2017, you'll get your hands on one soon!)

Apr 18, 2017

Information Blasts: Six New Stories That The TeleGeography Staff is Reading

What better way to look inside the mind of the TeleGeography analyst than to explore what he or she is reading?

This month, we've got six new stories that we've shared around our office, spanning from explainer videos, to updates on cellcos in the news, to some snazzy maps.

Apr 17, 2017

To Xfinity and Beyond? When Cablecos Go Wireless

U.S. cableco Comcast has announced that it’s entering the country’s MVNO sector with the launch of its Xfinity Mobile service, which piggybacks on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network and uses Xfinity’s 16 million Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide.

Apr 14, 2017

We're Heading to the Second City for 2017 International Telecoms Week

TeleGeography will be at International Telecoms Week in Chicago May 14-17, 2017.

Apr 13, 2017

[Webinar] Why Should You Care About Packet Networking?

Why should submarine cable operators care about adding packet networking to their networks?

Apr 12, 2017

Brexit Bruising: Will Break-up Bring Higher Mobile Fees?

The recent move by the European Union to cap international mobile roaming charges is good news for end users across the EU. But will customers in the UK face higher bills when traveling after Brexit in 2019?

Here’s how the move will impact mobile users.

Apr 11, 2017

Data Explosion, Content Demands, Regional IoT, and Cloud Adoption in the Middle East

With plenty of new submarine cables in the works, what will emerge as the reigning Middle Eastern hub?