February 8, 2018 — Aqua Comms DAC (“Aqua Comms”), the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announces today that its Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Bayliff and Chief Network Officer, Andy Hudson will speak at Submarine Networks Europe 2018 in London.

On Tuesday, 20 February, at 9:00 a.m., Mr. Bayliff will join other subsea and technology sector executives on the keynote panel discussion, “The Evolution of the Subsea Industry.” Mr. Bayliff, having 30 years of experience encompassing senior executive, operational and technical roles in the global telecommunications industry, will explore how content providers are changing the subsea cable industry and the effect of connecting new Points of Presence (PoPs) on network planning.

During the second day of the conference, Mr. Hudson will join executives from Xtera and Pioneer Consulting on the panel, “Averting the Capacity Crunch – Demystifying How Design Constraints Will Challenge Design Capacity Growth Assumptions.” Mr. Hudson, bringing almost 30 years of experience in the national and international telecoms arena, will discuss the extent to which the previous assumptions about the expansion of System Design Capacity will be challenged by physical design constraints

WHERE: 

Submarine Networks Europe 2018

  • London

WHEN: 

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

  • Keynote Panel: “The Evolution of the Subsea Industry”
  • 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

  • Workshop 2: “Averting the Capacity Crunch – Demystifying How Design Constraints Will Challenge Design Capacity Growth Assumptions.”
  • 3:20 p.m.

WHO:

“The Evolution of the Subsea Industry”

  • Nigel Bayliff, CEO, Aqua Comms DAC
  • Larry Schwartz, Chairman & CEO, Seaborn Networks
  • Gil Santaliz, CEO, NJFX
  • Vivek Jhamb, SVP & Global Head of Connectivity Business, Vodafone
  • Dave Crowley, Senior Director, Global Network Acquisitions Group, Microsoft
  • Moderator: Keith Schofield, Managing Partner, Pioneer Consulting

“Averting the Capacity Crunch – Demystifying How Design Constraints Will Challenge Design Capacity Growth Assumptions.”

  • Andy Hudson, Chief Networking Officer, Aqua Comms
  • Tony Frisch, Chief Technical Officer, Xtera
  • Moderator: Keith Schofield, Managing Partner, Pioneer Consulting

About Aqua Comms DAC

Aqua Comms DAC is an Irish Carriers’ Carrier specialising in building and operating submarine cable systems and supplying fibre pairs, spectrum and capacity networking solutions to the global media, content and carrier markets.  It is the owner/operator of America Europe Connect-1 (AEC-1) and CeltixConnect-1 and continues to build on its vision of efficient submarine infrastructure ownership with membership of the HAVFRUE consortium and development of CeltixConnect-2 and North Sea Connect, bridging the Northern Atlantic between North America and Northern Europe. To learn more about Aqua Comms and its portfolio of subsea cable systems visit www.aquacomms.com.

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