Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine October 2020 | Page 165

THE COVID-19 CHALLENGE
165 our partners ’ expertise and by having close working relationships , we can make their expertise our own . We have a long and close relationship with Nokia , which provides our network equipment . Another key partner is Commscope , who we ’ ve bought a number of products from over many years . We see the members of the companies we work with as members of our own team , so those relationships are incredibly important .”
THE COVID-19 CHALLENGE
The ongoing global pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge for the modern enterprise . As countries around the world close their borders to travellers , and the global economy is forced into history ’ s biggest experiment with remote work , it falls to telecommunications providers to ensure that the world remains connected .
“ Over the past five years , we ’ ve seen a big shift from voice to data . During the current COVID-19 pandemic we , along with telco operators all over the world , have seen a massive increase in our broadband business – about a 90 % increase – and haven ’ t had any network throttling . We ’ ve been able to
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