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FUTURE TRENDS
“ Once completed , we will have fibre optic capability to deliver massive capacity . We will be able to do that in a ring-based structure between Europe and Ireland , and Ireland and the US , which is a resilient path for data-centred traffic and general telecoms traffic
EUROPE processes , which is kept in house . “ Our network operations process manager , who effectively commands what the NOC does , is the ex-process lead for Deutsche Telekom ’ s Global Network Factory , which was one of the industry ’ s best deployment of electronic network management in Europe and , in fact , the world ,” says Bayliff . “ Although the NOC has all the tools , they ’ re directed in how to do that by an internal resource . We have people in our company who can then provide second and third line technical assistance and direction to the vendor in the event of any serious or complex situation . “ It ’ s a good partnership because INOC have a large operation in Madison , Wisconsin in America , but they ’ re able to flex the resource they deploy on our account as and when we need it .”

FUTURE TRENDS

The subsea cable industry will continue to grow but , interestingly , Bayliff believes that dynamic services will be the ones to watch . Whilst streaming

“ Once completed , we will have fibre optic capability to deliver massive capacity . We will be able to do that in a ring-based structure between Europe and Ireland , and Ireland and the US , which is a resilient path for data-centred traffic and general telecoms traffic

” – Nigel Bayliff , Chief Executive

Officer , Aqua Comms
services such as Netflix will drive traffic across domestic networks , there are other areas of focus which will determine the need for data on a global scale . “ Services which will really drive connectivity will be interpersonal , dynamic , high-data services such as video calling . Video , WhatsApp , or posting a Facebook Live video uses significantly more capacity . It is a random event and there ’ s two billion
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