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href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/internet">Internet</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/networks">Networks</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/pricing">Pricing</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/cloud">Cloud</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/data-centers">Data Centers</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-description"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 17, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/the-state-of-the-network-in-2025">The State of the Network: Your 2025 Update on the Telecom Industry</a></h2> <p></p><p>Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the 2025 <a href="https://www2.telegeography.com/download-state-of-the-network" rel="noopener" target="_blank">State of the Network Report</a>—our eighth edition.</p> <p>The TeleGeography team spent the last year compiling market surveys, building algorithms, and analyzing emerging trends, and now we're ready to share the highlights. <br></p><p></p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/the-state-of-the-network-in-2025">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/kristin-lee-telegeography.png" alt="Kristin Carlson"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/kristin-carlson">Kristin Carlson</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/AdobeStock_435061096-1.jpeg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/pricing">Pricing</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/brianna-boudreau">Brianna Boudreau</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 12, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/from-clickbait-to-reality-a-deep-dive-into-global-pricing-trends">From Clickbait to Reality: A Deep Dive Into Global Pricing Trends</a></h2> </div> <p style="font-weight: normal;">In 2024, we saw many telecom headlines in the mainstream media. There were stories on the evening news about submarine cables relating to geopolitics, network outages, and even the potential impact of AI.</p> <p style="font-weight: normal;">At this year’s <a href="https://www.ptc.org/ptc25/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Pacific Telecommunications Council</a> conference, I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at how those headlines actually impacted the market in terms of pricing. </p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/from-clickbait-to-reality-a-deep-dive-into-global-pricing-trends">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/brianna-boudreau-telegeography-bw.png" alt="Brianna Boudreau"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/brianna-boudreau">Brianna Boudreau</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/AdobeStock_38531964-1.jpeg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/voice">Voice</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 11, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/how-do-wholesale-carriers-fit-in-the-global-traffic-picture">How Do Wholesale Carriers Fit In the Global Traffic Picture?</a></h2> </div> <p>Broadly speaking, telecom service providers have two ways of connecting traffic to a destination telco.</p> <p>They can either connect directly with the destination carrier or route traffic to a wholesale carrier that connects to a destination telco.</p> <p>Although many retail service providers, such as mobile operators, MVNOs, and cable broadband providers, rely heavily on wholesale carriers to transport and terminate their customers’ international calls, wholesale revenues are down 11% from ten years ago.</p> <p>Let’s take a moment to dive in a bit and see what's going on.</p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/how-do-wholesale-carriers-fit-in-the-global-traffic-picture">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff-small/paul-brodsky-telegeography.png" alt="Paul Brodsky"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/paul-brodsky">Paul Brodsky</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/optical-fiber-2077976_1280.jpg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/internet">Internet</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/networks">Networks</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/wan">WAN</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 6, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/the-podcast-goes-dark-dark-fiber-that-is">The Podcast Goes Dark! (Dark Fiber, That is)</a></h2> </div> <p>We haven't been getting enough fiber here at <a href="https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>TeleGeography Explains the Internet</em></a>, but we're about to change that.</p> <p>Nutritional jokes aside, this week, we welcome Todd Chapman, a veteran in fiber development, to the hot seat. Todd walks us through the ins and outs of Layer 0 of the physical infrastructure underlying data transmission. Some classic explaining of the internet. </p> <p>In this episode, you'll get a walkthrough of the process that takes a fiber project from manufacturing to lit service—get ready to learn a thing or two about different types of fiber and their uses. We also get some good explanations of the dark fiber market and an overview of when enterprises might be interested in leasing dark fiber instead of lit service.</p> <p>Here's a glimpse at what we discussed. Scroll to the bottom to listen to the whole discussion in its fiber-rich glory.</p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/the-podcast-goes-dark-dark-fiber-that-is">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/Jayne-Miller.png" alt="Jayne Miller"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/jayne-miller">Jayne Miller</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/ai-generated-9087010_1280.jpg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/networks">Networks</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/cloud">Cloud</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 5, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/maya-glick-considers-the-technological-and-human-sides-of-telecom">An Interconnectivity Expert's Take on Emerging Hubs, AI, and Network Resilience in 2025</a></h2> </div> <p>Digital Infrastructure Industry Expert Maya Glick has two decades in the digital infrastructure and telecommunications game.</p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/maya-glick-considers-the-technological-and-human-sides-of-telecom">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/Jayne-Miller.png" alt="Jayne Miller"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/jayne-miller">Jayne Miller</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/Africa_Telecommunications_Map_2025-d4a17647a426ff0d23575880e6add789.jpg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/maps">Maps</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 3, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/2025-africa-telecommunications-map">New Regional Map Depicts 77 Cable Systems Connected to Africa</a></h2> </div> <p style="font-weight: normal;">Make some space on your wall.</p> <p style="font-weight: normal;">The <a href="https://africa-map-2025.telegeography.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">2025 Africa Telecommunications Map</a> is out—and it pairs perfectly with this year’s<a href="/2025-submarine-cable-map" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Submarine Cable Map</a>.</p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/2025-africa-telecommunications-map">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/patrick-christian-telegeography.png" alt="Patrick Christian"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/patrick-christian">Patrick Christian</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/AdobeStock_320999989-1.jpeg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/internet">Internet</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/networks">Networks</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Feb 3, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/is-it-sabotage-unraveling-the-mystery-of-undersea-cable-breaks">Is It Sabotage? Unraveling the Mystery of Undersea Cable Breaks</a></h2> </div> <p>Lately, I've been thinking about the movie director Alfred Hitchcock. One of his first big hits was a 1936 film called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJ5j8HH46w" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Sabotage</em></a>. </p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/is-it-sabotage-unraveling-the-mystery-of-undersea-cable-breaks">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/tim-stronge-telegeography.png" alt="Tim Stronge"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/tim-stronge">Tim Stronge</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/work-4127939_1280.jpg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/wan">WAN</a> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/data-centers">Data Centers</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Jan 30, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/colt-on-naas-pod">What You Need to Know About Network as a Service in 2025</a></h2> </div> <p>Welcome back, <a href="https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>TeleGeography Explains the Internet</em></a> listeners. We took a nice long break for the holidays, and we've returned refreshed with another batch of telecom conversations for your feed.</p> <p>Our first guest of 2025 is Fahim Sabir, Director of Digital Solutions at Colt. </p> <div class="post-info"> <a class="more-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/colt-on-naas-pod">Read More</a> <div class="hs-author-avatar"> <img class="author-listing" src="https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/tg-staff/Jayne-Miller.png" alt="Jayne Miller"> </div> <a class="author-listing-link" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/author/jayne-miller">Jayne Miller</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="post-item "> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-image" style="background-image:url(https://blog.telegeography.com/hubfs/2025/Blog%20Assets/AdobeStock_168042593-1.jpeg)"> <div class="topic-badges"> <a class="topic-badge" href="https://blog.telegeography.com/topic/pricing">Pricing</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-header"> <div class="publish-date">Jan 29, 2025</div> <h2><a href="https://blog.telegeography.com/peering-into-the-european-bandwidth-market">Peering Into the European Bandwidth Market</a></h2> </div> <p>The European telecommunications market has been a global trailblazer in terms of innovation, affordability of service, and infrastructure deployment. Few markets in the world have seen comparable levels of investment and competition.</p> <p>Europe also crucially interconnects regions, providing key hubs for traffic exchange and access to content for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.</p> <p>The 2024 <a href="https://www.capacityeurope.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Capacity Europe</a> conference in London highlighted the industry's progress and the challenges that lie ahead in the near and medium term. 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