Rick Perry, Head of Subsea Partnerships for Vodafone Carrier Services, tells us how a small Cornish town ended up having a huge impact on global telecommunications, and why a subsea fibre-optic cable consortium was named after him.
Read more about how important sub-sea cables are for connecting the world here.
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