(1888PressRelease)
October 26, 2008 - Mumbai- Oct 08, 2008, Reliance Globalcom , a leading global provider of enterprise, wholesale, consumer and managed services, today announced the appointment of Mandeep Bhatia as the Business Head of its National Long Distance (NLD). Mandeep joins Reliance Globalcom from Bharti Airtel where he was leading the consumer mobile business as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa, in his new role Mandeep will report to Mr. Punit Garg, President & CEO Reliance Globalcom.
"Consolidating the leadership position in the National Long Distance business by leveraging the established portfolio of international communications services is an integral part of our future growth strategy. Mandeep's experience and in-depth understanding of the telecom business would add a significant strategic advantage in expanding our NLD Voice & Data business", said Mr. Punit Garg, President & CEO - Reliance Globalcom.
Mandeep will spearhead the initiatives of Reliance Globalcom in the National Long Distance arena, where he would be responsible for the expanding the current business comprising of a suite of voice & data products & services. Reliance currently has the largest fully-IP enabled optic fibre backbone in India spanning 110,000 Kms close to 1275 Point of Interconnects (PoI's), offering services in 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh Indian villages, seamlessly integrated with its worlds largest private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 kms serving over 1400 enterprises, 200 carriers and 1.7 million retail customers in 50 countries across 5 continents.
"The integrated and seamless capabilities of Reliance Globalcom's global and domestic infrastructure provides a unique platform to offer best class wholesale, retail and consumer NLD services. I am looking forward to be an integral part of this superlative growth story by further expanding Reliance Globalcom's marketshare in the NLD business", said Mr. Mandeep B. Bhatia, Head - NLD business, Reliance Globalcom.
Mandeep brings with him extensive experience and knowledge of the telecommunication business to this important new role, prior to Bharti Airtel, he was associated with organisations such as Spice Telecom, Voltas and ESPL.
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