Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao), an internationally established ICT and digital options and community providers supplier, is proud to announce the appointment of its Govt Board Member and Chief Business Officer, Rui Faria, to the newly established Worldwide Advisory Physique for Submarine Cable Resilience.
This illustration on the 42-member advisory physique comes at an opportune time, following widespread web outages, throughout a number of African nations, earlier this yr brought on by harm to worldwide undersea cables operating alongside the West African shoreline.
These disruptions have underscored the area’s pressing want for larger infrastructure resilience. With rising reliance on digital networks for financial development, commerce, and innovation, safeguarding these undersea information corridors is significant for West Africa’s growth.
The Worldwide Advisory Physique for Submarine Cable Resilience was established by the Worldwide Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Company for Digital Applied sciences, and the Worldwide Cable Safety Committee (ICPC). Its purpose is to boost the reliability and security of submarine cables, that are the spine of world and regional connectivity.
Subsea cables facilitate over 99% of worldwide information change, supporting communication, monetary techniques, cloud providers, and digital economies worldwide. The multi-stakeholder advisory physique contains authorities ministers, regulatory authorities, trade executives, and senior telecommunication cables consultants.
With greater than 30 years of expertise in Africa’s subsea cable sector, Faria was invited by the Angolan Ministry of Telecommunications, Info Applied sciences, and Social Communication (MINTTICS) to take up this advisory position as the federal government seems to be to diversify its economic system and enhance telecoms infrastructure inside the nation.
“West Africa’s current expertise with submarine cable failures has highlighted the fragility of our connectivity networks and the essential want for proactive options. As a part of the Worldwide Advisory Physique, we are going to work in direction of figuring out vulnerabilities and implementing measures to make sure these very important cables stay operational and resilient. Strengthened collaboration and innovation will assist mitigate disruptions and safe West Africa’s digital future,” stated Faria.
Fernando Fernandes, CEO of TelCables Nigeria, Angola Cables subsidiary, emphasised the significance of this appointment for the area, saying, “We’re honoured that Rui has been chosen to characterize West Africa on the Advisory Physique for Submarine Cable Resilience. Submarine cables are the inspiration of contemporary economies, and their stability is paramount for enabling international and regional development. We consider this initiative will go a great distance in direction of constructing resilience, guaranteeing uninterrupted worldwide connectivity, and unlocking new financial alternatives for West Africa.”
Angola Cables’ participation within the Advisory Physique underscores its dedication to initiatives that safeguard essential telecom infrastructure and assist nationwide and regional growth. On this regard, the corporate additionally helps scientific analysis into naturally occurring cable failures, together with the groundbreaking work performed by the Division of Geography and Earth Science at Durham College within the Congo River Canyon Crossing in West Africa.
“Session, cooperation, and collaboration between nations and all technical and scientific stakeholders will make sure that we will implement higher measures to safeguard submarine cable infrastructure and the integrity of the undersea information corridors, the lifeblood of our international, digital-enabled economic system. On a regional entrance, they may allow West Africa to stay linked, aggressive, and positioned for sustained digital and financial development,” concluded Faria.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Angola Cables.
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About Angola Cables:
Angola Cables is an internationally established ICT and digital options and community providers supplier. The corporate specialises in connectivity options for the wholesale market and presents tailor-made digital providers and options throughout a number of industries, together with Cloud sources for the company enterprise sector.
Identified for its innovation, Angola Cables operates a sturdy international spine community, offering entry to main IXPs, Tier I operators, and international content material suppliers. With greater than 30 PoPs and connections to 66 interconnected Knowledge Centres and 6000 peering agreements, site visitors over its worldwide community is in extra of 18 500 Tbps.
The corporate has its personal submarine cable community spanning over 33,000 kilometres (WACS, SACS, and MONET) and extends its providers to over 50,000 kilometres by associate cables, connecting the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Moreover, the corporate operates two world-class Knowledge Centres, AngoNAP Fortaleza in Brazil and AngoNAP Luanda in Angola. Angola Cables additionally manages PIX in Brazil and Angonix in Angola – one of many main web site visitors change factors in Africa that straight connects to over 21 IXPs worldwide.
With a big worldwide presence, Angola Cables is increasing its operations into strategic markets reminiscent of Brazil, South Africa, america, and Nigeria. The corporate promotes intercontinental interconnection, driving digital and financial growth, and ranks among the many high 25 web service suppliers on the earth in the present day.
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