A Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global WAN Services
We are delighted to have been positioned as a Leader once again in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Global WAN Services. To us, this marks over two decades of consistent industry leadership and trusted global expertise. We believe this is a reflection of our clear roadmap, platform evolution, and deep understanding of enterprise connectivity needs.
We are delighted to have been positioned as a Leader once again in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Global WAN Services. To us, this marks over two decades of consistent industry leadership and trusted global expertise. We believe this is a reflection of our clear roadmap, platform evolution, and deep understanding of enterprise connectivity needs.
The report provides an insight into a rapidly changing global WAN landscape shaped by cloud adoption, sovereignty requirements, AI workloads and hybrid work - and recognizes us for our Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
We believe this highlights our ability to deliver secure, flexible and scalable global networks.
We are transforming enterprise WAN infrastructure with:
BT Global Fabric our network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform providing on-demand, programmable connectivity, pre-integrated with 74% of hyperscaler on-ramps and 700 data centres.
Software-defined core which enables intelligent routing and guaranteed performance, along with built-in security features and regional control for data sovereignty.
A predictable and flexible pricing model replacing variable cloud egress charges.
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Our Global Fabric platform can enhance performance, agility and global reach for your organisation. Discover why we have been recognised in this report.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Global WAN Services, Gaspar Valdivia, Karen Brown, Katja Ruud, 16 March 2026
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