Tag: internet backbone

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 […]

Rethinking Internet Backbone Architectures

During the past couple of years, we’ve made several public ad-hoc announcements on technology transitions that keep us busy building and operating the world’s #1 Internet Backbone. This has been done without ever providing a context or connection to the trends believed to be fueling the industry going forward and the path we’ve taken to […]
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COVID-19: Network Trends and Modelling

The world’s undoubtably going through an extremely difficult time in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, causing unimaginable suffering to so many people. It is also, perhaps more than ever before, highlighting the essential role of the Internet as the means for people to keep in touch with loved ones, stay updated on the latest […]

Dropping RPKI invalid prefixes

Telia Carrier/AS1299 is now as the first tier-1 dropping RPKI invalid prefixes from both customers & peers. We’re hoping for more networks and operators to join us for a more resilient and stable Internet. Our customers can continue to use RTBH functionality (if enabled for their service) for validated prefixed just as before. We have […]