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Governments around the world are asking critical questions about national security and submarine cables, seeking to protect this critical infrastructure and mitigate risk.
If you're looking for a snapshot of the Latin American telecommunications landscape going into 2026, look no further than what's going on in Brazil. As the largest regional economy, Brazil's telecom market influences the direction of regional markets—and there's a lot to take note of.
Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by SpaceX, is growing its presence in Africa—and we have updates for 2025.
We're breaking down how AI might impact enterprise networks in data-driven deep dives. Using TeleGeography’s WAN Cost Benchmark—a customized platform that makes it easy to model and track your WAN network costs—we're modeling potential real-life network setups and configurations for AI.
The millions of kilometers of fiber optic cable lying on the ocean floor have traditionally been invisible assets—laid once and forgotten until something breaks. But Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology is transforming this dark infrastructure into a vast network of intelligent sensors capable of detecting everything from anchor drags to earthquakes.
The internet depends on a network of submarine cables no thicker than a garden hose, yet these tiny conduits carry the vast majority of global internet traffic. As digital demand explodes and new cables proliferate, cable route engineers face an increasingly complex challenge: finding space on the seafloor for new systems while maintaining the safety and reliability of existing infrastructure.
Global internet bandwidth increased by 23% in 2025, maintaining its consistent pace of steady growth.
Total international bandwidth now stands at an impressive 1,835 Tbps, representing a four-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24%.
Although the pace of growth has slowed ever so slightly in recent years, bandwidth has still more than doubled since 2021.
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