Author: John Mariano of DRG Undersea Consulting And so, ever upwards, the Capacity Middle East 2018 conference expands yet again reaching now to 1,700 attendees. This is one of my “must attend” events to get a pulse on the submarine cable market in the region and over the years it has clearly moved from voice to…
Annual European Submarine Communications Event Takes Place in London, February 20-21 DRG is proud to announce that its Managing Partner, Elaine Stafford, will moderate the ‘What will the next 5 years bring for subsea communications’ keynote panel at Submarine Networks Europe 2018, held February 20-21 at the Hilton Tower Bridge, London. Ms. Stafford will be…
Happy New Year from all of us at the DRG team! We are excited to kick off 2018 by announcing that our Managing Partner, Elaine Stafford, will moderate the ‘Critical Influencers of Network Availability’ panel at PTC 2018. This premier telecommunications event for the Pacific Rim will be held January 21-24 at the Hilton Hawaiian…
DRG, an advisory firm specializing in helping clients develop international telecom infrastructure with a special emphasis on undersea fiber optic networks, announces that its Managing Partner, Elaine Stafford, will moderate the ‘Seizing Opportunities of Change – Business in the Rapidly Evolving Regional Connectivity Industry’ panel at Subsea Connect Americas 2017. The event will be held December 5-6 at the…
The undersea cable community is abuzz with continued announcements of new projects. We’ve all observed the recent explosion of data center communication demands by Over-the-Top (OTT) providers. Many online reports and conference panels now focus on how this will continue stimulating the addition of new cables on the major routes for quite some time. Jupiter’s Contract in…
Last year, global demand for new submarine cables expanded rapidly, and a variety of new players noticeably established their role in driving and steering new undersea network construction. As a result, investor interest in new undersea opportunities increased. DRG has been pleased to be called upon to continue supporting its established clients as well as…
As many of you have heard, David Ross, the founder of The David Ross Group, decided in late 2016 to retire – in his words – “to pursue interests of a more personal nature”. The DRG team is thankful for all Dave has done, for our company and our team. We wish him the very best. Dave has been at…
DRG’s executive team will be attending and participating in PTC’17 in Honolulu, HI, January 15-18. We hope everyone in our submarine cable community will join PTC’s traditional Sunday events devoted to our marketplace. It will be a day full of interesting speakers all focused on the submarine cable industry- starting off Sunday morning with a…
As reported on CBS This Morning, the Saturday Morning news program, the world is celebrating 150 years since the first transatlantic cable was installed, which was the flame that sparked today’s ever growing, ever complex global communications network. Whether you are calling, emailing or uploading/downloading content, to places near and far, you have everyday telecom…