TeleGeography Digest

July 2016

Mythbusters: Revenge of the Cable Myths, Part I

TeleGeography’s Tim Stronge and Alan Mauldin returned to the triennial SubOptic conference this year to deliver a follow-up to their popular and humorous submarine cable mythbusting master class from the 2013 event. In a little more than an hour, Tim and Alan “exploded” 11 of the most prevalent myths about the submarine cable industry. To cover the scope of the master class, we’ll be recapping the entire presentation over the course of a three-part blog series.

Research Roundup

4G is Faster than 3G in More Ways than One

The latest figures from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database show that 4G LTE subscriptions now account for around 17% of all mobile connections worldwide. LTE passed 1 billion subscribers just before the end of 2015, and had reached 1.23 billion by the end of March 2016.

Africa Takes Center Stage at ITW 2016

The ITW 2016 event program featured two panels specifically dedicated to African connectivity issues, “Unlocking Potential in Africa: Keeping up with African Data Traffic” and “Africa Data Centers, Why Africa, Why Now?” Here are our key takeaways about the African market from ITW.

Webinar on Demand: Global Colocation Market Trends
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TeleGeography and Digital Realty bring together their unique perspectives and expertise for a 30-minute webinar on demand to help make sense of the state of the colocation market.

WAN Summit

Borg Warner's Lessons in Traffic Optimization
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BorgWarner is one of the world’s leading automotive parts manufacturers, supplying just about every car maker you can think of: Ford, Audi, BMW, they’re all there. The company, which reported sales of over $8 billion in 2015, has aggressive plans for growth over the next few years, and needed a corporate network that was up to the job.

Creating a More Agile Organization with Hybrid WAN
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Sensata Technologies began updating its wide area network across its 50 plus sites around the world about 18 months ago, in order to maximize the gains from the introduction of technologies like unified communications services. Mark DeLorenzo, Sensata’s senior director of technology services, was on hand at the WAN Summit New York earlier this year to explain the company’s approach.

Discover the Latest in WAN Design From These Industry Experts

The WAN Summit Singapore is uniquely organized to give the enterprise networking community the opportunity to meet with and hear from leading experts who have overcome the industry challenges of today by utilizing the newest developments in enterprise WAN design. As the WAN Summit Singapore program continues to develop, we invite you to take a look at our list of early confirmed speakers.