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Hmm baguette. Un croissant hahaha. Hahaha un croissant. Welcome to the Connecting Europe Tour! Join Fraser McDonald and Nat Cartier as they���� journey across Europe to explore the future�� of networking and the incredible G��ant network. Along the way they'll engage with industry�� leaders and experts while also taking time���� to enjoy the vibrant cities and connect�� with the locals. Want to know how tech powers cutting-edge research?���� Or why Europe is investing�� in these gamechanging networks? Nat and Fraser have got you covered! With plenty of laughs��along the way. Join them as they uncover the latest advancements in cyber security, networking, artificial intelligence and more. So, we are on route to meet with S��bastien Kher. The��CEO and founder of the Nomios group.�� We really want��to know more about his role at Nomios and how�� he manages to lead the entire company as CEO���� and founder of the Nomios group. Maybe we'll get�� invited to one of these Nomios parties. They sound��epic. I really want to get invited to one of those.�� But before we can even think about getting into a��Nomios party. We try to beat Paris traffic in order�� to meet up with S��bastien and do some sightseeing��while we're at it. Oh my golly gosh, look at these�� views, absolutely splendid, splendiferous! [Music] Connecting Europe tour, here is the CEO of�� Nomios. Can you tell us more about the Nomios group?���� The core of our company is to serve�� our customers with service in terms of cyber���� security and network this is the essential�� of our business. What value do Nomios and Nokia���� bring to G��ANT Network? Well clearly, Nomios uses the�� technologies of Nokia to serve G��ANT with a service, so���� together it's a good partnership to bring a lot�� of value at the customer level being G��ANT. �� So this��is the connecting Europe tour. How is Nomios�� contributing to a more secure and connected��Europe?�� Yeah, we just started a new tour with�� a new investor so we aim to double organically���� in five years from now and we have to�� add a substantial part in acquisition, so��that's the dream. Everybody is facing a huge�� lack of people and we at Nomios have a unique chance. ���� We have talented people, they have the�� experience, the knowledge, the expertise to secure Europe. Sebastian, thank you very much for your time today. It was a privilege. Thank you very much! And on that French note we'll dive into��town, put on our quiz hats and find out�� what people know about the G��ANT Network. We are here in Paris to find out what�� the public know about the G��ANT Network. ���� What is the length of the fiber cables for the�� G��ANT Network? Obviously 50,000 km. Obviously. Obvious. Thank you so much. Can you tell us�� what will be the new capacity of the G��ANT Network once it has been upgraded?���� You really don't know? It's 800 GB. Can you tell me once the upgrade is�� complete, what will be the growth in capacity?���� It's double. No you're so stupid. It's triple, you're so�� silly. �� Can you tell me how many national��members are in the G��ANT Network? 37. �� Do��you know the length of the fiber cable for the G��ANT��network across Europe? Of course, it's 50,000 km. Can�� you please tell me the upgraded capacity of the G��ANT routers? Yes, it's 800 gb per router port. We are here in Paris for�� the Connecting Europe Tour. Guys, can you tell me how many countries�� are members of the G��ANT network? 37 countries!!! And with that we end our�� road trip in Paris, but no need to���� be sad. We fill up our stomach and�� continue the road trip and make���� our way to our Flemish friends in�� the oh so beautiful Belgium. Connecting Europe Tour. Welcome to Brussels! We are heading to the headquarters of the European Union. The center for��collaboration and politics across all of Europe.�� We're going to be interviewing Margrethe Vestager,�� who is the Executive Vice President of the�� European commission and she is responsible���� for ensuring that Europe is fit for a digital age.�� But then I think we'll get some fries, cuz Nat it���� seems to be pretty hungry. I'm in a vibe for some�� fries right now. Belgian fries are incredibly���� famous, incredibly delicious. As we've heard. [Music] We are here�� on the connecting Europe tour with the Executive���� Vice President of the European commission, Margrethe Vestager. So you are responsible for the Europe fit���� for the digital age strategy. Can you tell us a�� little bit more about that? Well it's a strategy���� so we're not there yet, because at the heart of�� it is that we as human control technology. ���� That technology is here to serve us for better public�� services to enable us to fight climate change, for���� traffic without the cues for Better Health�� Services. So the core is technology that serves���� human and because of that we need many more people�� to be educated, basic skills, expertise. ���� We need connectivity all over Europe for everybody to be�� able to connect and of course we need to���� make sure that when AI is being used for instance�� if you're want to go to university or you should���� have a mortgage or you want to sign up for a�� insurance, that you're not being discriminated.���� The Horizon Europe project is also something�� that you're working with. Can you tell us a���� little bit more about that too, please? So Horizon�� Europe is a is research funding. So it's almost���� 100 billion euros. So a lot of money and this�� complement what member states would do, what���� private businesses would do and researchers�� they say we have this project this is what we���� want to do and then we can fund that very often�� partially and then they get funding from other���� sources as well. So that we get something that�� benefits all of us. How does the Horizon Project���� fit with the Europe fit for a digital age strategy?�� I think that the Horizon Europe funding and���� a Europe becoming fit for the digital age�� works really well together. Research in Europe���� translates into innovation. For instance on how�� to use artificial intelligence in better health,���� in better being able to cure auto rare diseases.�� Research is also how to make more and better���� ways of protecting your privacy. Which is also�� being fit for digital, that you can protect your���� privacy. That all your data is just not flowing�� wherever. And also for research it works���� the other way around that researchers need to be�� able to recruit more people, who knows what to���� do how to deal with digital, how to develop it. So�� you know to push for more skills, more expertise���� also makes our research programs better. The G��ant network is critical for Education and Research���� facilities across Europe. Why is it essential�� that we have a network such as the G��ant for���� our national research and education facilities�� rather than relying on private companies to���� fulfill that need? First and foremost, because�� people can connect and they can connect in���� a way where they feel comfortable that they are�� safe, that their data safe, that their results are���� safe, because it has you know unique identifiers�� so you know who's on the network, you know, who's���� here. You can have cloud services that is�� needed to to upload the data that comes from���� your research and you know that it is safe. And I�� think it's really important to have that kind of���� of research infrastructure to make that open�� European Research Community know, that when they���� come together they come together in a way that is�� secure, that has the necessary capacity and where���� people can actually identify themselves. Margrethe, thank�� you so much for taking the time. It's been a real���� pleasure. It was such a pleasure that you came�� by, you're most welcome another time. Thank you���� so much, we would love to be back. Excellent. After�� an insightful and engaging interview. It's time���� to treat ourselves to a well-deserved break and�� what better way to do that than with a delicious���� Belgian lunch. We are outside of beautiful friterie��and I'm about to order some Belgian fries. We can't wait to eat them. What you think Fraser? I'm�� so hungry, I've heard that the thing to get is���� mayonnaise on them, so that's a bit Rogue for me as�� a seasoned ketchup user. Yeah I'm not the biggest���� mayonnaise fan, but if the fries are good, the�� mayonnaise will only bring out their taste even more. [Music] What's the rundown, they�� worth it? Mhm and the sauce, the sauce they���� recommended is so good the Andalouse.�� Right let me get some of this inside me. Good sauce. Okay it's time to move on. We don't�� have time for more french fries, because���� we're heading to Antwerp for an important meeting�� with Nokia. Touchdown at the Nokia R&D office���� here in Antwerp. We can't wait to interview the�� people here and we've also heard that there's a���� party happening on tonight with some live music.�� So do you think we'll be able to get involved���� with some of the music? Hopefully, we can try�� our hardest. I don't know if we practiced���� enough though. You think we cook. No of course we will, it's not even a question. Behind us we have the timeline of Nokia. Can�� you tell us more about the history of Nokia? Yeah absolutely, so Nokia is most of the time�� very well known for the mobile phones, so���� with mobile phone is actually history. Then we�� move to we reinvent ourselves continuously. ���� So now we are a B2B, so business to business as a�� technology innovation leader and we sell telecom���� infrastructure solutions to telecom operators,�� to enterprise and public organisations. And the���� G��ant network is strongly connected as one of�� those projects, is that correct? Yes absolutely,���� so this is one of the public organisation. We�� are actually, yeah providing our solutions, high���� capacity solutions too. Is technology like this�� used in other places as well? Definitely, well���� this is just a test lab right, so this is just not�� really commercial thing, but we have with Nokia IP���� we have over 1,000 service providers who are�� using the equipment. G��ant is one of them right.���� So the stuff that you see here. The box on the top,�� that's actually being used in G��ant Network.�� What is special about the G��ant project? Plenty of�� things right, but if I want to highlight one is the���� the capacity of the equipment and the networks. One�� of the first project I work on with 800 Gige ports���� at at that high density and all across Europe�� that's pretty unique. Can you tell us more about���� the collaboration between Nokia and Nomios? Yeah�� we have a strategic go to market partnership���� between Nokia and Nomios. So in terms of�� roles Nokia is providing the cutting edge���� network technology and Nomios is taking care for�� the design, but also for the implementation,���� interconnecting all the research institutions in 40 European countries and also taking���� care for the support services. I also heard you�� have fun events here. Tonight we've got an event���� can you tell me more about this event happening�� tonight? yes, so we organise for our employees���� every quarter, what we call a colorful cafe.�� I invite you to come on stage. I would love to.���� I hope, it would be an absolute honor for�� me to perform tonight, but I have my hopes���� up, but you never know. Well all the more reason�� to make that hope a reality. We head down to the���� venue, where the party is in full swing with one�� quite peculiar face on stage already. Proud of you Nate, but for now�� our adventure comes to a close, but���� remember this is just the beginning.�� Next week there are more adventures���� to be had, until next time. Safe�� travels and see you soon! [Music]