Author: Mattias Fridström

Chief Evangelist

Arelion’s network evolution

It has now been more than a year since Arelion began its new life, leaving behind the Telia Carrier brand and facing the market as an independent entity. Over that year we have seen the company start to make more aggressive network investments, moving into new parts of the world, such as Mexico. With us today to give his perspective on Arelion’s network infrastructure, its future, and the state of the broader network infrastructure marketplace is Mattias Fridström, Arelion’s Chief Evangelist.

Turning the energy crisis into opportunity

With energy prices escalating across the globe, most businesses are having to pay more for the energy they use. The impact of that on businesses is clear: weakening margins, reducing their ability to invest, and in some cases a need to streamline in order to survive. But how are those escalating prices impacting the executives at organizations?

Top telecom trends in 2023

This article was originally published by Fibre Systems   It has been a chaotic year across the world – one that has been difficult to predict, and that has required all of us in telecoms and beyond to keep a watchful eye on events. We’ve all had to work harder than ever to try and […]

Tech ages faster than Fido – predictions for 2023

The traffic explosion of the pandemic taught us that the Internet is vital to enable human connection and safety in times of crisis. We must heed these lessons to ensure the networks of the future are ready for the next crisis, whether it’s an inflationary economy, power costs increasing even more, worsening supply chain issues or something else entirely.

Cleaning Out the Server Closet

With so many different cloud platforms, applications, and services, an open ecosystem model plays an important role in sustainable networking.

Next-generation data center connectivity

This article was originally published by DatacenterDynamics. The pattern is set – the number of data centers in the world continues to grow in order to support the expanding needs of enterprises, cloud service providers and indeed the services we all use as consumers. These data centers are taking many forms too, from tiny data […]

CX in the new operator world

In the new operator world, customer sensitivity to faults is rising while demand for greater transparency is growing. How can carriers improve customer experience, combining technology with a human touch?

The changing economics of the Internet of the future

This article was originally published by Light Reading.   For many years, the telecom industry has been touting solutions that promote the new “Internet of the Future.” While no one could have predicted a global pandemic and its impact on the telecom market, a small handful of operators were already quietly building and planning their […]

Cyber security trends in the Financial Sector

Companies in the financial sector see the network as a significant security threat.  It’s easy to see why, with both banking and financial services (FS) businesses suffering a huge number of security incidents in the last 12 months – including multiple DDoS attacks – often accompanied by ransom demands and extortion. 

Four telecoms predictions for 2021

In an article in Capacity, our Chief Evangelist, Mattias Fridström shared what the events of 2020 will mean for the telecoms community in 2021. The original article is found here.   Four telecoms predictions for 2021 shaping the new normal The year 2020 has been a biblical one that has seen a global pandemic sweep across […]

The corporate WAN – it’s time to transform

Our newest report has found that corporate WANs are not delivering on their promises in a number of key areas, with security in particular the biggest pain point, alongside service flexibility and supplier performance. 

The Rise of Hybrid Networks

If the public Internet could speak in its own defense, it would likely quote Mark Twain’s London 1897 remark, “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” For the past decade or two, network solution vendors and others peddling various enterprise services have all declared the public Internet is broken, or worse, dead. Those […]