Author: Jabulani

The unstoppable rise of enterprise AI clusters, high-performance cloud computing, and massive east-west data center traffic is forcing network architects to aggressively upgrade infrastructure. As networks migrate from legacy 10G and 40G frameworks to ultra-high-speed 400G, 800G, and 1.6 Terabit Ethernet (1.6TbE) topologies, finding cost-effective...

SEACOM, whose investment in a submarine fiber optic network connecting Africa to Europe and the Asia-Pacific triggered an avalanche of privately funded submarine cables in Africa, is mulling investing in the last mile. The SEACOM submarine network, with most of its landing points in East Africa,...

Improving broadband connectivity in America and addressing the digital divide between rural communities/inner cities and the rest of the country require some level of political intervention. Of the two major candidates running for president, Secretary Hillary Clinton has put forth a specific broadband plan to...

The insatiable demand for high speed Internet access, driven primarily by video, has triggered the deployment of 1Gbps and beyond in cities throughout the United States. 1Gbps or 1,000Mbps is about 60 times the US average advertised broadband speed. It may sound like ultra-fast access speeds...