Category: Connectivity

Stepping back into the Ethernet

Getting the high-speed connectivity your business needs can be a balancing act between different technologies and topologies. Most companies today have a mixture of on-premises and cloud-based solutions that make up their IT infrastructure, along with multiple locations, and possibly multiple owned-data centres. Working out the best way to meet your connectivity needs across such […]

Bridging The Digital Divide and Expanding The Network

This interview with the 5G Talent Talk podcast, hosted by Carrie Charles, was originally published by RCR Wireless News. Listen to the episode here.    I am thrilled about my guest. I always say this, and I love all my guests, but I’m especially excited because I have Staffan Göjeryd. He is the CEO of Telia Carrier. He is […]

Building Network Diversity into US Market

2020 was a record-breaking year for us in terms of network growth, with substantial global growth of 30 new Points of Presence (PoPs) around the world. While Telia Carrier has been consistently ranked the number one backbone provider with more than 65 percent of Internet routes directly connected to our network, last year we added […]

Placing Lyon on the digital world map

One of the most exciting things for us about expanding our network backbone and the services we can offer is the wider story it tells about how digital communications is changing.  On a global scale we are seeing the expectations from enterprises and consumers increase: they want access to new content and services – with […]

400G: It’s here and HUGE!

If you know anything about Telia Carrier, it is that we are always thinking about the future needs of our network and customers.  We saw significant traffic growth of more than 50% in 2020, and currently a similar trajectory for 2021.  Whilst this remains well within the capacity of our network, we are looking forward […]

The Internet routing security challenge

If asked how traffic makes its way across the Internet, most IT professionals would explain how the Internet is made up of thousands of networks that are connected, and that traffic is routed through those networks to its final destination. In its simplest form, there is nothing wrong with the description and, for many, it […]

Our plans for 2021

Whilst the world continues to address the challenges the global pandemic has created, the vaccination programmes now under way offer us all an opportunity to start looking forward.  At Telia Carrier, we’ve got lots of exciting things on the horizon for 2021, but we should also take a moment to look at what we achieved […]

Product News: 400GE Wavelengths and Client-Side Monitoring

Internet traffic continues to rapidly increase, extending the need for more bandwidth and more reliable connections. As one of the leading players on the global WDM market, Telia Carrier is relentlessly evolving our wavelengths offering to address customer needs. After years of development and testing we are now releasing 400GE, providing a dedicated, high capacity […]

CEO Blog: Five Predictions in 2021

As we prepare for 2021, what are the opportunities and challenges that are part of the aftermath of a pandemic year?

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 […]

Internet as the underlay for enterprise networking

In 2020, Covid-19 drove remote working and cloud adoption, overhauling traffic patterns in the WAN. In parallel, SD-WAN enabled network buyers to source their WANs differently. With MPLS connectivity contracts coming due, many CIOs are looking at transitioning from MPLS WANs to hybrid or Internet-based underlays for WAN services. Having the right Internet underlay is […]

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.