Introduction to Sohail Qadir Vice President of Wholesale at Omantel
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Introduction to Sohail Qadir Vice President of Wholesale at Omantel
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create an environment where Omantel does not need to build its own subsea cables into MC1 , as the facility attracts outside investment from cable and infrastructure companies due to its role as a regional interconnection point . “ Five years down the line , MC1 will be among the most highly-connected data centres globally ,” he enthuses .
This level of connectivity is going to be a driving force behind uniting the digital economies in EMEA with APAC and beyond . “ The subsea cables that Omantel is investing in are really going to drive connectivity ,” says Gardiner , adding that Equinix ’ s role is then to manage those intersection points between cables globally . “ With Omantel in Muscat we ’ re going to be able to offer 160 milliseconds of latency between Frankfurt and Singapore , and that sort of connectivity is only going to accelerate adoption and transformation even further .”
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The pace of innovation and adoption around digital services is only going to accelerate . The Equinix and Omantel joint venture is set to keep pace with demand . “ We launched MC1 just last
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