In today’s world, the internet has become an essential part of our lives. With the growing use of broadband services, the broadband industry has become a crucial part of the economy – offering services that provide high-speed internet access to customers, including cable, fiber-optic, and wireless technologies. The broadband industry isn’t simply operating on its…
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The Future of Closing the Digital Divide: What It Will Mean to Residents in Remote Alaska
Fiber optics and broadband Internet access have changed the world in so many ways. If you look back, it wasn’t that long ago that our Internet access wasn’t the greatest – especially when you think back to the dial-up days of the ‘90s when downloading a song or a video could take hours. While this…
Data Center Security and Its Impact on Subsea Cable Industry
We all live continuously on the precipice of change – especially with technology. In the world of big data, we’ve only begun to reach into the vastness of how information is stored, shared, and kept secure. As our information technology continues to evolve alongside the needs of the world, we find ourselves at a point…
The Digital Oilfield: The Impact of High-Speed Broadband on Alaskan Oil and Gas Companies
The oil and gas industry is absolutely essential to the health of our global economy – and has been for decades. Correspondingly, as our technology continues to advance at an exponential rate, industry has had to change along with it. In our modern era, the oil and gas industry has shifted to embrace digital technologies…
5 Ways High-Speed Internet Could Benefit Hooper Bay, Alaska
Hooper Bay is a small village on the Bering Sea coast with just over 1000 residents. Compared to Anchorage and surrounding areas in Alaska, Hooper Bay is a remote area that is highly underserved when it comes to high-speed internet access. While Quintillion’s fiber optic cable system does not currently serve Hooper Bay, Quintillion is…
Strategic Threat Avenues of Approach to North America
In 1935 Billy Mitchell famously stated in a Congressional Testimony that “I believe in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world… It is the most important strategic place in the world.” Anybody who lives in Alaska likely knows this quote by heart, and anyone who has served there probably has written and memorized…
Quintillion’s Vision for 2023
As Quintillion looks back at the achievements and growth we experienced in 2022, we know there is much to celebrate and look forward to in the new year. It’s been a year of progress, innovation, and adaptation to the quickly evolving landscape of the telecommunications industry. We are deeply honored for the part we get…
How Fiber Is Driving Economic Growth and Bringing New Flexible Work Opportunities to Alaskan Communities
Remote work has been on the rise in recent years. And while a majority of workers have returned to the workplace as pandemic regulations have eased, many businesses are still offering their employees remote work options. According to Zippia, as of 2022, 26% of employees in the U.S. work remotely, and 16% of U.S. companies…
Quintillion’s Subsea System in the Arctic: Cable Landing Station Operations in Extreme Environments
As a leading provider of broadband, satellite ground station services, and cloud connectivity, Quintillion has demonstrated immense expertise, preservation, and adaptability in creating the US Arctic’s first and only subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network. There are many environmental challenges that come with working in the Alaskan Arctic. These include extreme weather conditions, sea…
What Is the Future of the Satellite Market?
The global space economy is thriving, with the satellite industry continuing to dominate. According to Hughes, in 2021, the satellite industry generated approximately $278B out of a total global Space Economy of $386B. Low Earth Orbiting satellites, which orbit close to the Earth’s surface, are a major driving force behind this growth. These satellites deliver…
What Is Critical Infrastructure? Reducing Vulnerability for Vital Communication Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure safeguards our way of life – it enables economic growth, communication, health, longevity, and public safety. There are many types of infrastructure that are vital to how we live. From the roads we drive on to the facilities and equipment that provide us with basic utilities, the lack of, or destruction of this…
Avoiding Chinese-Made Telecommunication Products: Why High-Quality Fiber Optic Cables Matter
Fiber optics is the gold standard of connectivity, but not all fiber optic cables are created the same. And in a region as essential to national security and global connectivity as the North American Arctic, only the most resilient fiber optic cable system will do. This has been Quintillion’s mission from the start. Quintillion has…