Established in October 2024, TelCables Europe is using its Portugal PoP to attract customers looking for cloud and peering services with its parent
Angola Cables has announced that Samuel Carvalho, currently the operator’s chief marketing officer, has been appointed as the CEO of TelCables Europe. The subsidiary, established in October 2024, delivers peering, cloud services, and interconnectivity to customers across Europe and the Mediterranean. With a strategic point of presence at the SINES DC data centre in Portugal, TelCables Europe utilises Angola Cables’ global network to provide low-latency, scalable connectivity to more than 66 data centres and 400 cloud services worldwide.
Carvalho will still retain his role as the chief marketing officer for the Angola Cables’ Group and will continue to lead the southern Africa-based operator’s global marketing strategy. As CEO of the company’s European subsidiary he will focus on positioning TelCables Europe as the Atlantic digital bridge for backbone networks and operators looking for ‘front door access’ to the US, Latam, Africa and the Middle East through direct or diverse traffic routing options.
The appointment follows the recent arrival of Adriano Caldevilla as Angola Cables’ new chief technology officer who will lead the operator’s global technology and interconnection strategy, including at TelCables. His career includes executive roles at Zoom, Globenet/Oi, Akamai, Global Crossing (Level 3), Verizon and Orange.
Carvalho says that TelCables Europe will operate as an “integrated neutral accelerator platform” for European carriers, content providers and corporate business. Using Angola Cables’ and partners’ subsea cable systems, the platform will offer data centre to data centre and cloud to cloud ready networking, low latency IP transit as well as an extensive range of interconnection solutions – from physical, to multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure deployments.
“The TelCables Europe operation reinforces our global strategy and commitment to expanding the presence of our owned and partner submarine networks in the Atlantic, with scalable connectivity solutions and routing options to meet the growing market demand,” said Carvalho.
“We can provide alternative routes to carry traffic from the Middle East and Africa to Europe and the US via SACS, MONET, or EllaLink without having to pass through critical points. This ensures more redundancy routing options, greater security and flexibility for our customers,” he added.
Ângelo Gama, CEO of Angola Cables Group said that Carvalho’s appointment was a natural choice given his extensive telecommunications experience and strategic knowledge of the dynamics of the European market.
“Samuel’s deep understanding of the European telecommunications landscape, combined with his strategic insight and proven leadership abilities within our global operations makes him the ideal candidate to drive TelCables Europe’s growth and strengthen our position as a global network operator and Atlantic connectivity leader,” he said.
