CEO
SURE INTERNATIONAL
Eddie Saints
CEO
Saints has overall responsibility for Sure ’ s operations in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man . He began his career with Air New Zealand before returning to his birthplace of Bermuda to take up a position with insurance giant Exxon Limited . Saints ’ role included responsibility for the company ’ s IT and telecommunications infrastructure . He then joined Cable & Wireless and spent 25 years with the company in Bermuda before moving to the Channel Islands in 2008 as Chief Executive Officer . Following the acquisition by Batelco , Saints continues to have responsibility for managing the Channel Islands and Isle of Man businesses and drives the company ’ s plans for growth and development . a five-year transformation plan designed to bring high-speed ultraconnectivity to consumers . Sure is already providing VDSL network speeds of 40 Mbps in average and is planning to test 100-150 Mbps speeds towards the end of the year .
Last year Sure International rolled out a brand new 2G-3G-4G network across its markets with its strategic partner Huawei including an IMS platform for fixed-mobile convergence and new SIP services . It also worked closely with Vodafone on joining a submarine cable asset that links the Channel Islands to France and the UK , a project named HUGO . “ We call it HUGO because it ’ s High-capacity , Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre , as well as a reference to the French author and poet Victor Hugo who spent 15 years in exile in Guernsey from 1855 . The island provided the inspiration for many of his fine works ,” Joffre explains .
“ We worked with a company called Xtera in submarine networking infrastructure and it was the first industry deployment of what we
118 October 2016