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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.

Changes to the board

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.

Lowered latency in

prospect

António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables

Ray Owen

wiredInUSA - September 2017

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