Yves William Poppe
Tata Communications

Yves Poppe has spent his more than 35 years career in data communications with both manufacturers and telecom carriers. Representing Teleglobe on the Canarie (Canadian R&E network) Policy Board, Yves supported the early IPv6 efforts including the creation of 6TAP in Chicago. Teleglobe became a founding member of the IPv6 Forum . Yves Poppe represents the Corporation at the IPv6 Forum and is steering committee member of the North American IPv6 taskforce (NAV6TF).

Yves Poppe represents Teleglobe in TERENA, Internet2, Canarie and APAN and participated in the GSM Association IPv6 project. He is a frequent presenter on the evolution of telecommunications and the internet and the key role of IPv6. His most recent interventions on the IPv6 topic include IPv6 summits in Senegal and the Solomon Islands, as well as the SANOG/APNIC and AFRINIC meetings in India and South Africa. Yves also regularly covers the evolution of subsea communication capacity and international telecommunications at sessions of TEMIC (Telecommunications Executive Management Institute of Canada), most recently in Malawi and Egypt.

VSNL international, part of the Tata Group acquired Teleglobe in February 2006 and the Company operates under the name Tata Communications since February 13th 2008.