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Officer , Aqua Comms

random users of Facebook who might all decide to do things at different times . The dynamism is very important and that ’ s where we keep an eye on the trends ,” observes Bayliff . “ Certain trends we are looking out for especially is augmented virtual reality ( AVR ). If you take video as being a unit of one , virtual reality ( VR ) is about 6.7 times the data rate . So , if you then go to AVR , you ’ re another 10 times the data rate .”

Additionally , people ’ s assumptions that there remains enough capacity will need to be addressed long-term .

Whilst in the 1990s there were constricted channels of bandwidth , and a lot of research undertaken in how to get increased richness of communication in the same bandwidth , this has since been eradicated . “ I receive between 15-17 megabits per second ( Mbps ) on my BT broadband , but on mobile I get 24 Mbps on Vodafone 4G . There ’ s an assumption that it ’ s effectively limitless and we won ’ t need to bother , which means people will use more communications , which translates into more international bandwidth ,” comments Bayliff .

Consequently , Aqua Comms will remain a specialist and focused company which will work to provide customers with access to IaaS at all levels for both carrier content and media industries . “ We are not a full-service telco , so we don ’ t try to sell to the same people as they sell to ,” concludes Bayliff . “ We ’ re trying to provide the backbone and the North Atlantic bridge for data centre and cloud business growth over the next decade and beyond .” 100 April 2018