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# TeleGeography at Submarine Networks World 2025

## How WAN managers approach their networks

We wanted to understand how modern WAN managers were solving today's biggest challenges and their preferences in network design, sourcing, security, and more. So we asked them.

TeleGeography's WAN Manager Survey—which now includes data collected throughout 2025—is a deep dive into how enterprise WAN managers make decisions, based on direct feedback from WAN managers from hundreds of companies.

**Fill out the form on this page and we'll send you the executive summary of our latest findings.**

You can find the full report in our [Cloud and WAN Research Service](https://www2.telegeography.com/cloud-and-wan-infrastructure?hsLang=en) platform.

Looking for previous insights? Download our [Historical WAN Manager Survey Results](https://www2.telegeography.com/download-historical-wan-manager-survey-results?hsLang=en), which we've been collecting since 2018.

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