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Vodafone Idea appoints Kumar Mangalam Birla to its Board

Vodafone Idea Limited announced the appointment of Kumar Mangalam Birla as Additional Director (Non-Executive and Non-Independent) on the company’s Board, with effect from April 20, 2023. According to the company’s exchange filing, “it is hereby informed that based on recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company has, at its…

Vodafone Idea elevates Akshaya Moondra as CEO; to succeed Ravinder Takkar

Telecom firm Vodafone Idea announced the elevation of present chief financial officer Akshay Moondra as its new chief executive officer with effect from August 19, the company said in a regulatory filing. The company’s present managing director and chief executive officer Ravinder Takkar will continue to be on the board of the company as a non-executive and…

Vodafone Idea appoints Poonam Bhat as EVP – Digital

Vodafone Idea has roped in HUL executive, Poonam Bhat, as Consumer Digital Delivery Lead. “We’re delighted to welcome Poonam Bhat as Consumer Digital Delivery Lead at VIL. She brings diverse experience of heading large scale Digital Delivery across multiple functions and industries,” the company said in its LinkedIn page. Prior to VIL, she was Lead IT Manager…

Sheena Joseph appointed National Head – Customer Service, Enterprise at Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has named Sheena Joseph as the vice president of customer service of enterprise business. Most recently, Sheena served Tata Tele Business Services as National Head – Service Assurance, Enterprise. “Sheena is a seasoned professional and brings expertise in Service Delivery and Service Assurance for B2B customers. Her knowledge in the service domain will help…

Sanjay Jolly joins Vodafone Idea as EVP of Technology, Hub Operations

Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced it has appointed Sanjay Jolly as Executive Vice President (EVP) – Technology, Hub Operations. Prior to VIL, he was Head – Customer Operations at Ericsson. “He is a seasoned professional and has diverse experience in heading large-scale customer operations, managing comprehensive network rollout and technology transformation programs,” the telco said in…

Tanuja Rai Pradhan appointed Head Consumer Insights at Vodafone Idea

Former Reliance Jio executive, Tanuja Rai Pradhan, has joined Vodafone Idea as the head consumer insights in marketing, according to ETBrandEquity report. Most recently, Pradhan served as Head – Special Projects, Consumer Insights & New Commerce Analytics at Reliance Jio. She was heading consumer insights for entire Jio ecosystem driving both quantitative and qualitative and…

Reema Jain joins Vodafone Idea as Chief Digital Officer

Vodafone Idea has roped in former Unilever IT Director, Digital Supply Chain, Reema Jain, as the new Chief Digital Officer of the company. She will report to MD & CEO, Ravinder Takkar. In this new role, Jain will lead digital strategy, execution and adoption across the company. Jain was previously serving Unilever as Head of…

Vodafone Idea appoints Vivek Jain as EVP of Marketing and Mathan Babu Kasilingam as EVP of Technology Security

Vodafone Idea has appointed Vivek Jain as the executive vice president of marketing and Mathan Babu Kasilingam as executive vice president of technology security, an ETTelecom report said. Earlier, Jain served as the Circle Operations Head in Maharashtra till October 2019. Kasilingam, on the other hand, served National Payment Corporation of India where he was…

Vodafone Idea appoints Mathan Babu Kasilingam as CISO

Vodafone Idea has appointed Mathan Babu Kasilingam Vodafone Idea as Chief Technology Security Officer & Data Privacy Officer. Kasilingam succeeds Amit Pradhan, who used to lead cybersecurity at Vodafone Idea. Prior to this role, Kasilingam had a three-year stint with National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI) as Chief Information Security Officer. He has also worked…

Vi inks strategic partnership with Firework

India’s telecom operator Vi has inked a strategic partnership with Firework, the story publishing platform based in Silicon Valley. The partnership allows Vi to leverage Firework’s content repository from global content studios and also get access to occupational generated content (OGC) creators who are storytellers across a wide genre of subjects. Avneesh Khosla, Chief Marketing…

Vodafone Idea Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora resigns

Vodafone Idea has announced the resignation of Vishant Vora as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In an e-mail response to PTI, the company mentioned that Vora has decided to return home to the US.  “VIL recently completed the world’s largest network integration setting up a future ready network built on 5G architecture. Post consolidation, Vi GIGAnet…

Vodafone and Idea complete integration, launches single brand “Vi”

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) communicated its new unified consumer brand identity and positioning through a virtual launch today. The integration of two brands is a culmination of the largest telecom integration in the world, the Company said. Two of India’s most loved and admired brands are now ‘Together For Tomorrow’ giving birth to a new…

Vodafone Idea achieves major production milestone with IBM and Red Hat for its Open Universal Hybrid Cloud for Network and IT workloads

IBM announced that Vodafone Idea Limited has delivered the first major production milestone for core network functions on its Open Universal Hybrid Cloud, powered by IBM and Red Hat. The platform enables IT and network applications to run on a common cloud architecture – designed to deliver breakthrough ROI improvements through optimization of CapEx, OpEx,…

US firm Hughes fears Indian closure over unpaid dues

US-based satellite broadband provider Hughes Network System may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid dues owed to the government. According to Reuters, this development could put thousands of banking services at risk. Recently, the Supreme Court of India had ordered a number of telecom companies, including Hughes and larger firms like Vodafone,…