Tata Teleservices (TTSL) today announced the appointment of Sanjeev Khera as regional head, east, and chief operating officer for Kolkata.

Khera has over 15 years of experience in companies like Escotel Mobile Communications and Godrej. He would be responsible for overseeing all TTSL's operations in the eastern region.

"I am pleased to be moving to a role wherein I will be part of the team that helps reshape the Indian telecom space - both in terms of mobile telephony trends as also in sheer numbers," Khera said.

Khera added that Tata Tele's investment and expansion plans, backed by the strength of Tata Indicom's network,products and services, would help it consolidate its position as a key player in the telecom market.

TTSL, using the CDMA 3G1X technology for its wireless network, operated in 4,300 towns across 20 circles with over 20 million subscribers.