 Hey everybody, welcome to JSA TV and JSA podcast the newsroom for telecom and data center professionals I'm Jamie Scott Okutaya here live streaming on the floor of ITW 2022 an exciting year an exciting show 15th anniversary for ITW so congratulations to those guys and I'm joined by a good friend of mine I'll meet Singh of Zenlayer. I meet welcome to JSA TV. Thank you so much. Thank you so much Thanks for having me here. Oh, we are so honored to have you and gosh There's so much going on so much great news coming from Zenlayer Well, let's just tell tell our audience a little bit about yourself your role at Zenlayer. Sure. Thank you so much So my name is Amit Singh. I am a telco veteran for almost 20 plus years of experience and out in Zenlayer I look after the India business So I am the MD for India and my role basically involves to ensure that Zenlayer gets a deeper penetration and coverage across the length and breadth of the country that's what I do and What a great time for to be to be heading up the India operations because there's so much growth going on India We were just there's a buzz on the floor just talking about at the other minute So much growth. Can you provide us a few highlights particularly in regards to the Indian market? Sure. Sure So I think our population which was once once a burden on us as is the growth point for us It's a country of 1.3 plus billion people and Who actually never really got the through blood internet and now with 4g kicking in The country evolving and being a young country, you know, the average age is 27 28 So it's a very young country and now they are getting what they really need to get You know in terms of internet experience the digital experience and the length and breadth It's a huge country and you know, it's an English speaking population We get English to be learned as a as a primary language in our schools So there's a lot of exposure going on in the country and with I'm sure the next big wave would be the gaming part Again, since it's a young country again, people are gonna go on board and and they are open to accept these changes So this is a turning point entirely, you know for a country like us So well said they're young and they want to be online. So great opportunities for us for sure What are some of the factors that are contributing now to the exponential demand for edge cloud services in emerging markets like India? So what's happened now the growth of internet is not constrained only to the tier one and tier two cities now It's actually going into the rural part of of the country, you know So there is a big boom coming there and especially now with online education coming in the kids getting an experience of Using online educations the digital platforms coming in so there is a there's a big There's a big buzz around it, you know So people are accepting and that is what Zen layer tries to fill in that gap by getting closest to the user So we are deploying our edge nodes in tier two tier three cities, you know and ensuring that the end user has an amazing experience You know, so that's what our goal is to improve digital experience of every user You know and that is that such part of the Zen layer DNA I love that about your company and the way you guys are executing you show it every day You show it every day. So what can we look forward to in the coming months over at Zen layer? Oh we keep our growth story going and We've still not done till we improve Experiences of every individual on this earth. So that's our goal, you know, that's our tagline We want to live by that motto and we would continue doing it We would start Expanding more in emerging markets. We will continue with our growth story and Zen layer. That's a DNA You know, we grow. It's just a eight-year-old company and we keep growing. So we'll continue our growth story I can't believe you're only eight you guys that come literally conquering the world like that. That's impressive That is so impressive. Where can our viewers go to learn more? You can ping me. I'm here My team is your Asia pack team is your US team is here. You can visit our website or whatever Just just just ping me on LinkedIn ping me anywhere and I'll be there. That's right I mean sing guys and Zen layer calm. You definitely want to check them out. I'm sure you've heard of them They're taking over the world. So definitely check them out. I mean, thank you so much Always a pleasure and thank you for taking your time out of this busy crazy IDW day. It's good You feel alive, you know after two years coming and I mean it makes you feel good. Yeah Thank you so much for having me. Thank you and thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV and JSA podcast guys Thank green and happy networking