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GigaOm: Bandwidth Glut Almost Over?

Om Malik writes on his Next Generation blog:

Improbable as it may seem, but the bandwidth glut created by the telecom bubble of the late nineties might be coming to an end. Or there is at-least light at the end of the tunnel. Many of the major long haul service providers are in fact are in the process of lighting up their dark fiber to add capacity. There is talk of a new transpacific cable being laid by a new group. The network operators who are looking to add more capacity include VSNL, FLAG Telecom, Asia Netcom, and Telefonica.

But unlike the 1990s, this time around the capacity is being added in a as-needed basis, according to research firm, Telegeography. The demand is being driven by a big growth in consumer broadband connections, says Alan Mauldin research analyst with Telegeography. The growth has particularly strong in Asia, and Latin America, where traffic has more than doubled, Mauldin says.

posted by Fergie @ 4/17/2006 10:08:00 AM