Is imperfection telecom’s secret weapon?

In pursuit of perfection, operators must focus on their service offerings and overall operations as much as their network fundamentals. However, pursuing perfection across various facets is a formidable obstacle. So, will this goal always remain elusive?

Employee Spotlight: Gagun Gahir, Head of Enterprise Sales, EMEA

We strive to empower women in our organization, but we understand there is plenty of progress to make. Gagun Gahir joined us in December 2024 as the Head of Enterprise Sales in the EMEA region. She’s also a passionate DEI ambassador. We spoke with Gagun to learn about her background, her experience with Arelion’s culture and her vision of improving DEIB initiatives.

Connectivity Chronicles: Subsea landing stations and thriving East Coast markets

When you hear “East Coast,” you may think of the New York Yankees, chopped cheese sandwiches and corner store bodegas. However, there’s even more to the region than these cultural staples as you travel south. Northern Virginia leads the global rankings in data center capacity and connectivity, with the eastern seaboard of the United States serving as a major gateway for international traffic flows from Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe and other global hubs.

A recap from NANOG’s “Women in Tech” panel

Arelion’s Bhawna Jain and Erin Geiger recently spoke with other female tech leaders during NANOG’s “Women in Tech” panel, focusing on career paths, challenges, and advice for aspiring women in tech. In this blog, Bhawna and Erin share their perspectives.

Building the blueprint for AI-driven connectivity

The internet ecosystem is in constant transition, and with that evolution comes changing dynamics and shifts across the value chain. Historically, internet hubs and interconnects have emerged from factors such as population density and fiber route junctions. As a result, these hubs were traditionally confined to a set of larger cities and contained to a small set of facilities within those. 

Why Wavelengths are critical to the future of enterprise connectivity

Larger enterprises continue to move their applications to the cloud in a backdrop of rapidly evolving needs, fueled by innovation and AI. In doing so, technology teams must consider multiple critical factors that are highly fluid including security, compliance, performance, energy accountability, and cost. Connectivity is a critical dependency which is also evolving. Large enterprises […]

Delivering the connectivity that wholesalers require

In the next few years global demand for connectivity is set to skyrocket due to multiple factors: A doubling of the number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices by 2032 *1 An estimated additional 1.1 billion people around the world who will be online by 2029 *2 An explosion in enterprise traffic to the […]

Slaying the many-headed hydra of cyber-physical network threats

Today’s cyber-physical systems face diverse threats that endanger global communications, including accidental damage, geopolitical sabotage, DDoS attacks, and natural disasters. Network operators are battling a many-headed hydra, with each threat requiring a unique mitigation strategy.

When did the telco industry stop striving for perfection?

In our industry, we often talk about quality. The truth is that the definition of quality is an intensely personal judgement. It is a topic that we discuss constantly at Arelion and we’ve explored it many times with our customers: for some it is all about speed and availability and, for others, the customer service experience. It varies by region, role and individual.

Silver linings through cloud rightsizing

While migrating certain systems and workloads to the cloud offers scalability, efficiency and on-demand resource availability, cloud migration is not one-size-fits-all. During a massive two-year cloud migration project for a global internet carrier, I learned the importance of cloud “rightsizing” when pursuing ambitious cloud migration.

Why global networks are the backbone of AI

Network backbone providers will play a critical role in AI’s future by ensuring the high-capacity bandwidth, low-latency and resiliency requirements of AI applications will remain uncompromised. While hyperscalers are busy building for their next moonshot, enterprises should also start futureproofing their networks in anticipation of AI’s demands.

Talking the language of sustainability

With networks spanning hundreds or even thousands of miles, it is no surprise that energy consumption has always been a key concern for telcos when it comes to sustainability. Operating these massive networks not only generates a significant carbon emissions footprint, but also incurs a huge energy bill – both of which will only grow further as data demand increases and network density increases.