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Nov 25, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Kristin Carlson |Brianna Boudreau |Jon Hjembo |Alan Mauldin
As a new year approaches, so does PTC—and our annual workshop on all things telecom. In January, Brianna Boudreau, Jon Hjembo, and Alan Mauldin will return to the conference stage to share fresh insights on pricing, interconnection, submarine cables, bandwidth, and more.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Brianna Boudreau
Trends in the IP transit market generally follow regional trends of the transport market. And while some have suggested that price erosion may slow as a result of recent inflation and supply chain constraints (as it has in the wavelength market), we have not seen this trend make its way into the IP transit market. Across the cities included in the figure below, 10 GigE prices fell 13% compounded annually from Q2 2021 to Q2 2024. Over the same period, 100 GigE port prices fell 15%.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Kristin Carlson |Brianna Boudreau
If you look at the agenda for ITW Asia—happening December 4-5 in Singapore—you’ll see topics spanning future networks, data infrastructure, subsea Asia, SatCom, and more. You should also see a familiar face. TeleGeography Senior Research Manager Brianna Boudreau is prepping to lead a panel discussion at this year’s conference. Allow me to set the scene:Natural disasters heighten the need for connectivity, yet often destroy the infrastructure at a critical time.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Brianna Boudreau
Halfway through 2024, TeleGeography's pricing team has logged lots of frequent flyer miles on the conference circuit. From PTC in January, to Capacity events in March, and ITW later in the spring, we've been collecting as much pricing intel as possible. As we sift through our notes—specifically our latest ITW findings—we begin to see a clearer picture of what's happening with wavelength pricing around the world. New submarine cable systems are always a point of emphasis at conferences.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Brianna Boudreau
We’ve witnessed an unprecedented slowing of bandwidth price erosion globally over the past few years, as network investors, carriers, and customers grappled with delays in new network projects, existing system upgrades, and rising equipment costs. For the first time, many customers found themselves asking if prices were actually increasing and when price declines would return to typical levels.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Brianna Boudreau
It’s been almost a decade since SD-WAN burst onto the scene, and the service is undeniably a critical component of today’s enterprise WAN. The core benefits associated with SD-WAN technology are consistent across all provider offerings—reduced cost and network complexity, ease of upgrades and policy changes, increased flexibility and network performance, and increased visibility into application performance. But a dizzying array of SD-WAN service options still remain in the market.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Greg Bryan |Brianna Boudreau
Welcome back to TeleGeography Explains the Internet. We've reached the finale of our five-part series that makes good on our name, literally explaining the ins and outs of the interwebs. Over the past five weeks, we've endeavored to explain precisely how data moves around the world, covering the basics of internet, transport networks, data centers, and the cloud along the way. Today we answer the lingering question: What is a WAN? First, let's get definitions out of the way.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Brianna Boudreau
At this year’s Pacific Telecommunications Council conference, I spent some time talking through TeleGeography’s latest pricing research findings and tackling the most common questions we've received over the past year. In case you missed it, here's a recap of my Taylor Swift-themed presentation: Global Pricing Trends in a New Era. Last year, we found ourselves in uncharted territory.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Kristin Lee |Greg Bryan |Brianna Boudreau |Tim Stronge
“Enterprises have shifted connectivity to the internet, mostly with DIA. This changes the security environment away from private MPLS to the best-efforts public internet.”Last week, Senior Manager of Enterprise Research Greg Bryan joined Ciena's Brian Lavallée for a live webinar all about submarine cables and security.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
blog.telegeography.com | Kristin Lee |Brianna Boudreau |Jon Hjembo |Tim Stronge
As 2023 comes to a close, we’re one step closer to PTC ’24—and TeleGeography's annual workshop on all things telecom. Next month, Brianna Boudreau, Jon Hjembo, and Tim Stronge will return to the PTC stage to share insight on the last year in pricing, interconnection, submarine cables, bandwidth, and more. After chronicling the impact of global supply chain disruptions in our 2023 session, it’s time to assess whether we’re back to normal, and what the new normal is.
