Data Traffic stories

SUBCO finishes final splice on Australia's 5,000km SMAP cable, moving the Sydney-to-Perth system into testing before it enters service.

Tyler Vander Ploeg named Vice Chair of fibre consortium as industry body steps up education and standards work amid rising network demand.

Laser network pioneer Transcelestial lands in Fast Company's 2026 Asia-Pacific top four, joining the World's Most Innovative list.

AI is redrawing the data centre map, shifting investment from hyperscale campuses to distributed, tightly connected regional clusters.

Lightstorm boosts Japan-Guam-Australia subsea cable to 400Gbps, targeting surging AI and cloud demand with higher-capacity, low-latency links.

DE-CIX data traffic surged 16% to 79 exabytes in 2025, fuelled by AI workloads and record-breaking live sports streaming demand.

Wi‑Fi 7, AI and 6 GHz spectrum fuel rising investment confidence as operators fast‑track converged Wi‑Fi and 5G roll‑outs to 2026.

Wi-Fi 7 gear is set to surge by 2026 as the Wireless Broadband Alliance sketches early Wi-Fi 8, new spectrum and satellite-powered links.

Cloudflare and JD Cloud are deepening their alliance to build a cross-border AI cloud, promising up to 80% lower latency for inference.

Bigmate has launched its ACIS AI quality platform on Equinix infrastructure in Sydney, targeting global growth in industrial automation.

DE-CIX has shattered records in 2024 with a staggering 68 exabytes of data traffic exchanged globally, marking a 15% increase from last year.

BT has launched its Global Fabric platform after extensive testing, aiming to enhance business connectivity and streamline access to cloud services.

As the world watches the Paris 2024 Olympics, Australian firms face a cyber onslaught. The Tokyo Games saw 450 million breaches; Paris could see tenfold.

Akamai's latest report reveals that 42% of web traffic is bot-driven, with 65% of these bots malicious, heavily impacting the eCommerce sector.

Fortinet unveils its FortiGate 200G series, a next-generation firewall designed to boost security and network performance at modern campuses, with AI-enhanced features and support for Wi-Fi 7 wireless standard.

Spirent Communications joins forces with an online payments platform to enhance cyber defenses using its advanced CyberFlood software, aimed at improving the scalability and efficacy of network defenses.

Akamai Technologies' new software 'Content Protector', launched in Sydney, promises enhanced protection for businesses against sophisticated content scraping attacks.

East-West traffic, with its increasing importance in today's network architectures, is a domain that cannot be overlooked.

From the finance department to human resources, optimised workflows are the number one way to stand out to their customers and meet business goals.

The global submarine optical fibre cable market's revenue is projected to increase from its current value of US$20.6 billion in 2023.