Openbyte Infrastructure is an India-based licensed telecoms firm “focused on providing neutral, open access landing solutions for submarine cables”, stated Aqua Comms, which is owned by Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9).

Part of the package deal is Amit Vyas (pictured), who’s now CEO of Aqua Comms India and regional chief enterprise growth officer for the corporate.

He can be supported by Neeraj Katiyar, now CTO for India and chief international architect for subsea cables.

Their firm, Openbyte Infrastructure, has a rudimentary website which provides little away.

However, Vyas’s LinkedIn entry exhibits he was a guide after which a banker earlier than becoming a member of Bharti Enterprises and Bharti Airtel, for which he labored till 2012.

He then based Saltwater Cables, whose website is still under development regardless that the corporate was arrange in 2012. Saltwater has the identical handle in New Delhi as Openbyte Infrastructure.

Katiyar labored for Tata Communications for 13 years till 2012, says his LinkedIn entry.

EMIC-1 is a big mission for D9 and Aqua Comms. This week D9 said it plans £20 million funding in Aqua Comms in 2023 and £27 million on EMIC-1.

Over the next 4 years, to the top of 2027, spend can be £40 million on Aqua Comms and £13 million on EMIC-1.

Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Aqua Comms, stated concerning the Indian deal, for which no worth has been given: “This is an important acquisition as we continue to execute our plans to expand the Aqua Comms business into new geographies and as we build out our global network.”

Vyas stated: “Openbyte was founded to provide cost effective, open access solutions to make submarine cable capacity accessible to all interested stakeholders, enhance the digital infrastructure of the country and eliminate bottlenecks.”

Aqua Comms chairman Alan Harper stated: “With our investment in EMIC-1, we are committed to the Indian market, a cornerstone of our ambitious global expansion plans.”

Vyas stated: “Over the next five to seven years the international digital infrastructure in India will be greatly enhanced and we at Aqua Comms will be at the forefront of bringing out this change for the better.”