wiredInUSA September 2017

Lowered latency in prospect

Changes to the board

Ray Owen

Nokia’s managing director for Oceania, Ray Owen, is leaving the company to take up an executive position as chief technology officer at Australia’s National Broadband Network (nbn). Owen’s tenure will begin in November, reporting directly to JB Rousselt, the company’s chief strategy officer. Rousselt commented: “We are delighted to welcome Ray to nbn and look forward to his vast experience in the global telecoms industry in helping us deliver the best possible network for Australians.” Owen joined Nokia in 2011 and has held several posts, being most recently head of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables

Work has begunon the SouthAtlanticCable System (SACS) between Africa and South America. Angola Cables has chosen NEC to construct the 6,500km cable that will run from Fortaleza, Brazil, to the municipality of Quissama on the Angolan coast, carrying 40Tbps of capacity. “For Angolans, the time to access content available in America – the largest center for the production and aggregation of digital content and services –will improve fivefold,” explained António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables. It currently takes approximately 300ms to connect between Angola and Brazil. With SACS, the latency is expected to be reduced to approximately 60ms. Nunes added: “Current cable systems, such as WACS, together with the SACS and Monetcables systems [and]complemented by local data centers, will improve connectivity, but also economically benefit Angola and the surrounding regions as tech companies, requiring high connectivity, establish and grow their operations in Africa.

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