In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review during the 18th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit, Anup Gupta, President, SAARC Region, APTelecom, discussed how APTelecom is leveraging subsea infrastructure to develop future digital ecosystems and address the security challenges prevalent in the digital age.
Can you elaborate on how APTelecom is leveraging its subsea infrastructure expertise to address the rising demand for high-capacity, multi-connectivity solutions?
From an APTelecom perspective, we position ourselves at the early stages of a project’s development to gain a ‘ring-side’ view of future developments, especially when it comes to emerging half-new technologies.
As demand and supply stabilizes, we are seeing new technologies emerge. In recent times, we have seen changes that have altered the ecosystem. Even on the data center side, we are witnessing AI and ML changing the ecosystem very, very rapidly.
So, from where we sit, we see ourselves as people who are enabling the ecosystem because we get in early and ensure technology and innovation are at the core of what we do.
APTelecom has invested heavily in wholesale infrastructure projects. How are these investments influencing the development of future digital ecosystems, particularly in relation to the growing integration of AI and cloud technologies?
We believe that digital infrastructure is our unique play in the infrastructure game. GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), something which will come in the near future, will dramatically change the way data centers and cables operate and will affect the current capacity consumption; this is something we are looking forward to addressing, especially in the AI domain, in addition to enhancing societal skills.
It’s important to acknowledge the risks associated with the increasing integration of IoT and 5G technologies. How does APTelecom plan to address the evolving security challenges in multi-connectivity networks?
At APTelecom, we are firm believers that submarine cables are not just cables; they’re ecosystems. These ecosystems encompass the cables, the data centers, and the connectivity within them. When it’s an ecosystem play, one critical element required is trust.
This trust needs to be built across all elements of the supply chain, ensuring that everyone within it can operate freely. We are strong proponents of trusted connectivity. We believe that, with the emergence and growth of recent infrastructure, it needs to be developed thoughtfully and in a trusted manner so that whenever this network comes online, it delivers reliably and securely.
Gupta at TRS-24: Wholesale Industry’s Significant Influence in the Era of Multi-Connectivity
