Tata Communications representative to chair Wireless Broadband Alliance
March 11, 2008

In a significant recognition of the role being played by the company, Tata Communications has been elected to lead the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) as chair of the alliance. The company's vice president — planning, Retail Business, Prateek Pashine, has been appointed as the chairman of WBA.

Into its fifth year of operation, the Wireless Broadband Alliance was created to drive the adoption of wireless broadband technologies and services around the world by developing a common commercial, technical and marketing framework for wireless network interoperability. The WBA is now aggressively pursuing with various other alliances and forums on other forms of wireless broadband roaming like dual-mode devices and wi-max roaming.

Tata Communications is the only Indian telecommunications company to be a part of this prestigious industry forum and Mr Pashine is the first Indian to hold this position.

"It is an honour for Tata Communications to be given this responsibility. The company which has the largest number of wi-fi hotspots in India and is also currently rolling out India's largest wi-max network, will now further leverage on this experience to help evolve global wireless standards," said Prateek Pashine, on the announcement of his election.

"Tata Communications has been the pioneer of internet services in India and continues to be an important player in the Indian wireless broadband market which has the potential to replicate the success story of Indian mobile market. We at WBA recognise and acknowledge the contribution made by Tata Communications' team with great appreciation. I congratulate Prateek on this new responsibility and I am confident that he will continue to provide robust leadership and promote the interests of the wireless broadband industry as a Chair of WBA," said Julie Ragbourne, head – Consumer Products, British Telecom and Outgoing Chair of WBA.

Tata Communications has been leading the growth of wi-fi hotspot industry in India and today has the largest public hotspot network in India with around 350 hotspots. It has drawn up plans year to further enhance the footprint to over 1,000 hotspots – bringing the internet that much more closer to the large Indian travelling and on-the-move population. The company has recently launched wi-max services for retail customers and has been offering this service for domestic customers since December 2007. The company plans to invest $500 million in the next few years on wi-max technology.

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