Alan C. Clarke

ADC is a global leader in providing network infrastructure products and services that enable the profitable delivery of high-speed Internet, video, data, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers worldwide. Their innovative, high-performance fiber connectivity and wireless coverage and capacity solutions support a broad range of network applications that help their customers provide new and advanced services to meet their own customers' unrelenting demand for bandwidth. Founded 75 years ago, ADC continues to build on a strong heritage of providing solutions and services that support its customers' migration to next-generation networks in many countries across the globe. As the leading service providers and enterprises worldwide invest in infrastructure that delivers broadband services to business, residential and mobile subscribers, ADC's breadth of solutions and experience, together with its strong financial position, make the company a reliable partner in addressing today's network realities and preparing for tomorrow's communications demands.

Emerald Networks, Inc. owns and operates a network submarine cable system. The company focuses on wholesale low latency transatlantic services for carriers, ISPs, and the financial services sector and allows carriers to offer voice, data, and Internet services. Its services include synchronous digital hierarchy, wavelength, Ethernet, and data centre and colocation. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Johns Creek, GA.