Submarine Cable - Beyond the Bandwidth Bubble
As China and India continue to lead the Asia Pacific region in economic growth and bandwidth consumption, is the submarine cable industry in Asia Pacific sailing into a new era of unprecedented growth? Have macroeconomic trends triggered a new bandwidth demand cycle -- or is current phase of optimism another episode of market hype? What has the industry learned from the past to better prepare itself for the very near future? What impact do advanced technologies have on evolving trends? Join an executive discussion probing how a new era of strategic realignment is emerging in the Pacific submarine cable industry.
Chair:
STEPHAN BECKERT, Research Director, TeleGeography Research, Inc., USA
Keynote Speaker:
Crisis, Opportunity and The Submarine Cable Industry
Abstract
BILL BARNEY, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Netcom, Hong Kong SAR,
China
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Panelists:
COLIN ANDERSON, Senior Consultant, Submarine Networks Division, NEC Corporation, Japan
FIONA BECK, President and CEO, Southern Cross Cables Network, Bermuda
JOHN HIBBARD, Chief Executive Officer, Hibbard Consulting Pty Ltd., Australia