Press Releases

MCM Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in Mexico, today announced regional collaboration with Telia Carrier. Customers in Querétaro will benefit from Telia Carrier’s number one ranked global backbone, AS1299, and local availability of high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDOS Mitigation, Ethernet and IP Connect services for operators, content providers and enterprises alike.

Telia Carrier announced today that it has added a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Digital Realty’s campus in Richardson, TX in order to provide a broader reach within Digital Realty’s PlatformDIGITAL®, a first of its kind global data center platform for scaling digital businesses for customers throughout the US and into Europe. The recent addition in Richardson is the latest in a six-month expansion with Digital Realty data centers with PoPs established in Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL. These sites provide customers more options to directly connect to Telia Carrier’s number one Internet backbone (AS1299), reducing the need to backhaul traffic, and improve latency.

Telia Carrier today announced that it has, once again, been awarded the coveted “Best Global Optical Service Provider Award” at this year’s NGON & DCI World 2021 event that took place from 15-19 November. The NGON & DCI Awards give recognition to the achievements made by operators, data centers and solution providers in the optical networking industry, celebrating the advancements in optical networking and data center interconnect over the past year.

Telia Carrier announced today that it is expanding its Channel Team, with the appointment of William Drake to Channel Development Manager. In his role, Drake will be responsible for identifying and adding new partners while supporting Telia Carrier’s existing channel partners. Telia Carrier's channel program and team expansion enable Telia Carrier to strengthen its partner relationships and bring on new channel partners to effectively cross-sell the Telia Carrier portfolio of leading services, including global IP Transit, Wavelengths, Ethernet, and Cloud Connect services.

Telia Carrier announced today that it has added a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Switch’s Core Campus in Las Vegas, Nevada bringing improved diversity and high-speed connectivity to content and cloud providers across the Southwest region of the United States. This is the first PoP for Telia Carrier in Las Vegas, providing customers in the region with more options to directly connect to its number one Internet backbone (AS1299), reducing the need to backhaul traffic, and improving latency.

Telia Carrier announced today that is has expanded its partnership with Flexential, adding a new Point of Presence (PoP) in the Flexential Hillsboro 2 data center in Oregon, bringing improved diversity and high-speed connectivity to content and cloud providers in the Silicon Forest region. Telia Carrier’s expansion in Hillsboro gives customers more options to directly connect in the market avoiding backhaul and latency. Hillsboro continues to grow as a key connection point for subsea cable landings and international traffic from Asia.

Telia Carrier has today announced the findings of a new DDoS Threat Landscape Report, with a unique perspective on today’s cyber threats from traffic data observed on its #1 ranked Internet backbone, AS1299. The report investigates changes in attack vector, size and frequency, and reveals a staggering 50% increase in peak attack traffic compared to 2019, with a jump to 1.18 Terabytes per Second (TBPS) or 887 Mega Packets Per Second (Mpps).

Telia Carrier today announced that it has expanded deployments with CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR), establishing two new points-of-presence (PoPs) at CoreSite’s Secaucus, New Jersey (NY2) and Boston, Massachusetts (BO1) data centers. NY2 and BO1 provide enterprise customers highly scalable, low-latency connectivity to Telia Carrier's top ranked global IP network (AS1299), connecting multiple facilities across the country, and enabling customers to establish connectivity on their path to digital transformation. 

According to a new survey from Telia Carrier, almost half (45%) of business leaders claim that their company has experienced more network security incidents as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Telia Company has now completed the divestment of Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra as all conditions, including regulatory approvals, have been met. 

QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), a leading provider of software-defined and mega scale data center solutions, today announced that Telia Carrier, owner and operator of the world's #1 ranked global Internet backbone, has deployed its full suite of connectivity services in QTS’ Piscataway, NJ and Irving, TX mega data centers.

Aqua Comms DAC (“Aqua Comms”), the owner and operator of America Europe Connect-1 (AEC-1), America Europe Connect-2 (AEC-2) and CeltixConnect-1 (CC-1) and Telia Carrier, the number one Internet backbone provider, today announced that the two companies have successfully completed a trial with Ciena to offer 400GbE commercial services between New York and Frankfurt.

EdgeConneX®, the pioneer in Edge data center development, announces it will provide access to Telia Carrier’s world-leading network and interconnection points via the EdgeConneX Edge Data Center in San Diego. 

Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, announced today it has expanded its global reach by partnering with Telia Carrier, the world’s #1 ranked global IP backbone, with a new point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s VAN2 interconnection hub in Vancouver, Canada.

Telia Carrier today announced that it has extended its partnership with Flexential, a leading provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity launching a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Flexential’s Aurora Colorado location.

Telia, with its Telia Carrier division, today announced it has been recognized in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global*. The report evaluated 19 network service providers on the completeness of their vision and their ability to execute on services and strategy.

Telia Carrier announced today that it has further expanded access to its global IP backbone with an additional PoP (Point of Presence) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Located in Smartdc, it connects into the existing Amsterdam network and via a separate link directly to Brussels, ensuring full route diversity. 

Located at the network crossing points between the United States and Mexico, the new PoP extends Telia Carrier’s number one ranked global network AS1299 into the Northern Mexican market. 

Telia Carrier is launching a new PoP at Telxius’ interconnection rich Derio Communications Hub located near Bilbao, Spain. The agreement enhances Telia Carrier’s fiber backbone and connectivity for customers seeking gateway access to a completely new and diverse path from the Americas to Europe.

Telia Carrier is the first network operator to demonstrate 400G coherent connections between Cisco’s NCS 5700 and Cisco 8000 platforms over a third-party open line system.

New diverse DWDM fiber system through Des Moines, Iowa providing new connectivity service options at 666 Walnut.

A new diverse and latency-optimized DWDM route in the U.S., between Chicago and Denver via Des Moines, IA and Omaha, NE

Through this expanded partnership, Telarus will offer Telia Carrier’s complete suite of IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDoS Mitigation and Ethernet services to its expansive network of agents, VARs and MSPs in Canada and the United Kingdom.