This is a “high-level overview” survey, not a “fill out this form” survey.. that said, TeleGeography has long been the source of awesome subterranean cables. They just have a solid view of global bandwidth trends that can help inform decisions for anyone making global investments.
Where the network goes, everything else follows.
International bandwidth is doubling every two years. Connections to Africa are hot. COVID bump is over. 10GbE is meh, 100GbE is the new black. $10B in cables are coming online between ‘22 and ‘24. Content providers like Google and Meta are buying unlit pairs and running private networks with a growing share of traffic.
The Rightstack Research DB
Introducing the—our sixth annual review of all things telecom.
We again extract the major global bandwidth headlines, take a snapshot of the global internet, peruse the latest in data centers, check in on the cloud, and finish with an update from the voice market.
But what’s new and different? What’s the data telling us in 2023?
Here’s a taste of what you’ll find in this year’s rundown:
- Demand for international bandwidth is nearly doubling every two years.
- While 10 GigE remains a relevant increment of IP transit, particularly in more emerging markets, its share of the transaction mix continues to yield to 100 GigE.
- Critically necessary plans are underway to pursue more sustainable development in the data center sector.
- Close to 50 new cloud regions are expected to launch over the next couple of years.
Taken together, this information pieces together what we’ll be talking about in the year ahead, each data point another patch in the quilt that is 2023.
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International bandwidth is doubling every two years. Connections to Africa are hot. COVID bump is over. 10GbE is meh, 100GbE is the new black. $10B in cables are coming online between ‘22 and ‘24. Content providers like Google and Meta are buying unlit pairs and running private networks with a growing share of traffic.