Lightyear's 2025 State of Connectivity Report - Lightyear Triple-T - ONUG

Lightyear’s 2025 State of Connectivity Report – Lightyear Triple-T

Spring 2025

Join Lightyear’s CEO, Dennis Thankachan, as he explores key enterprise telecom trends using Lightyear’s proprietary data. He’ll dive into Internet/WAN pricing and bandwidth trends, the impact of global inflation, and the shift between Waves and Ethernet Point-to-Point for wireline WANs. Plus, he’ll cover the state of MPLS in 2025—where it still persists and pricing—and the rise of Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), including costs and market interest. Don’t miss this data-driven discussion on how these trends shape enterprise network decisions.

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Speakers:

Dennis Thankachan

Dennis Thankachan is the founder and CEO of Lightyear, a software platform that automates the full lifecycle for enterprise telecom services and is trusted by 300+ enterprises. He regularly writes on various IT infrastructure and telecom topics here. Dennis is based in NYC.

Speakers:

Dennis Thankachan

CEO & Co-Founder

Lightyear

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