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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 […]

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.

Arelion continues to top industry NPS in 2024

Over the years, we’ve consistently sought feedback from our customers, and one thing has become clear: customer experience is the key differentiator in the connectivity industry.   We are excited to share the results of our 2024 Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey, where we achieved an outstanding NPS of 70 for 2024, placing us among the […]

Arelion wins ATLANTIC-ACM Excellence Awards in five categories

When research firm ATLANTIC-ACM announced the winners of the ‘2024 U.S. Wholesale Service Provider Excellence Awards’, Arelion came out on top in no less then five categories among the CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) & Fiber providers: Network Performance, Service Delivery, Customer Service, Brand, and Data Value. The awards are based on detailed reviews from […]

Avoid the middleman: Go direct to the network owner for enterprise connectivity

Working directly with a network owner that deploys, operates, and governs the core network is a win-win for large organizations. This allows enterprises to gain direct access to the capacity, performance, and customer support offered by network owners.

Employee Spotlight: Lauren Duerr, Director of Enterprise Sales – North America

Building relationships with global enterprises is critical to our North American market expansion, but we need seasoned sales leaders to reach that goal. We spoke with Lauren Duerr, our Director of Enterprise Sales in North America, about her background, her perspective on Arelion’s culture and her vision of our go-to-market enterprise strategy in North America.

Employee Spotlight: Gene Cheatham, Senior Solutions Architect

As Arelion increasingly serves enterprises through carrier-grade connectivity solutions, we’re highlighting Gene Cheatham, Senior Solutions Architect, Channel & Enterprise, for our latest employee spotlight.

Third Stevie Award for Customer Service

Arelion has achieved another outstanding milestone by winning the Bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service Department of the Year. This recognition underscores our unwavering dedication to delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Employee Spotlight: Jon Schlee, Channel Director – West

Our new Channel Director – West, Jon Schlee shares details about his background, his perspective on Arelion’s culture, and his vision of our continued Channel expansion.