Abstract
Overview
Global Internet Geography (GIG) is a unique resource for tracking the diffusion of the Internet backbone growth worldwide. Whether you need to know the location of the largest Internet hubs, the most trafficked Internet routes, or the network profile of the best-connected international backbones, GIG is the only source of reliable information.
Built on years of research by TeleGeography' s team of experts and the cooperation of hundreds of ISPs worldwide, GIG combines the latest international IP bandwidth, pricing, and traffic data sets with concise analysis on network growth and competition. The result is an essential tool for carriers, hardware/software vendors, and industry analysts seeking real data and objective insights on market opportunities and competitive challenges.
Network Analysis
GIG provides the most thorough analysis of the world' s Internet backbone available. Drawing from TeleGeography' s established databases and investigative methods grounded in primary research, GIG shows where the Internet is expanding, which countries receive the most Internet traffic, and the prices that backbone operators are charging to access and use their networks.
Key data features include:
- Traffic by geography: Peak and average utilization for 43 cities, over 70 routes, and 45 countries
- Transit pricing: The latest CDR-tiered pricing for 43 cities worldwide, from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps.
- Route bandwidth: Route-by-route international backbone bandwidth for 65 countries
- City bandwidth: Connectivity by route and in aggregate for each region' s top hubs
- Backbone rankings: Connectivity rankings for the world' s top 50 providers back to 1999
Country and Company Profiles
GIG contains updated profiles for 65 countries, including key statistics on top Internet routes, traffic, and users. The online edition also features access to historical data for use in your own forecasting models (this is not available in print due to space limitations).
GIG also provides a quick-reference guide for 171 countries, including statistics such as:
- Internet users and hosts
- International Internet bandwidth
- Bandwidth growth
- Bandwidth per capita, per host, and per user
We also examine nearly 80 major Internet providers in detail, providing:
- Clear, easy-to-read network maps
- Descriptions of network and service offerings
- Contact names and titles
In addition to in-depth profiles of the largest international ISPs, GIG also features an updated and expanded Global Internet Backbone Provider Directory, which provides essential information on over 300 major Internet backbone providers worldwide.
How to use This Service
TeleGeography' s Global Internet Geography has been designed for a large audience: equipment makers, software vendors, service providers, and investors -- anyone who needs to stay on top of global Internet backbone growth. You can use this service to:
- Examine sales and distribution opportunities
- Follow your competition
- Build a sound business plan
- Evaluate and track emerging technologies for investment
- Find strategic business partners
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Country Profiles
List of Provider Profiles
Provider Directory Listing
Executive Summary
Supply
- Market Structure
- Types of Suppliers
- Types of Connectivity
- Competition-Ranking Backbone Providers
- Circuits
- Regional Supply Overview
- Capacity Trends
- Africa
- Asia
- Middle East
- Europe
- Latin America
- U.S. & Canada
Traffic
- Capacity Utilization
- Global Traffic Trends
- Asia
- Europe
- Latin America
- U.S.
- Drivers of Traffic Growth
- Broadband Users and Traffic
- Traffic by Application
- Traffic Methodology
- Traffic Outlook
Pricing
- IP Transit Pricing: Regional Variations
- Europe
- U.S.
- Asia
- Latin America
- Rest of the World
- Pricing Variations Among Providers
- Usage-Based Pricing
- Ethernet versus SDH/SONET
- Pricing Outlook
Profiles
- Country Profiles
- Provider Profiles
- Global Provider Directory
- IX Directory
Reference
- National Internet Indicators
- Country Codes: Internet
- Country Codes: Telephony
- Internet and Dialing Codes by Country
- A Primer on Bits
