Friday, May 29, 2009: The WiMAX Forum has added Tata Communications as a new member to its board of directors. Prateek Pashine, chief operating officer, retail broadband unit, Tata Communications, will serve as the representative to the WiMAX Forum board.
"Electing Tata to the board demonstrates the WiMAX Forum's commitment to the Indian market and signifies the company's importance to the WiMAX ecosystem worldwide," said Ron Resnick, president and chairman, WiMAX Forum. "As one of the leading global Internet and voice operators, Tata Communications has demonstrated its confidence that WiMAX is the leading 4G technology, and they have articulated their plans to bring broadband services to consumers in India through WiMAX."
"The strong representation by global operators to the WiMAX Forum board shows how evolved the WiMAX ecosystem has become," added Pashine. "Various researches have predicted that India will play an important role in the development of the Global WiMAX ecosystem, and we will bring that perspective to the forefront within the Forum. Markets like India have unique product and business model needs which we expect would lead the way for other markets and operators around the world."
"I believe that India can soon be the largest market for WiMAX worldwide. Our goal is to develop a profitable business model and offer a range of affordable devices and services to our customers. As a member of the WiMax Forum board, Tata Communications can encourage accelerated development of low cost WiMAX technologies products," added Pashine.
Prateek Pashine, COO, retail broadband unit, Tata Communications has been with the Tata Group since 1995. He is also currently the chair of the Wireless Broadband Alliance which is a global body involved in the expansion of roaming data services.
Currently, Tata Communications is an active member of the WiMAX Forum India Chapter (WFIC) and holds leadership positions in three of the chapter's four working groups.The WiMAX Forum's membership base represents a WiMAX ecosystem which supports the more than 472 WiMAX network deployments in 139 countries.
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