Viom Networks appoints Sudhir Prasad as COO

Viom Networks has appointed Sudhir Prasad as chief operating officer (COO). The telecom tower company also added two more senior professionals to its growing team.

Before joining Viom Networks, Sudhir Prasad was the chief executive officer of Tower Vision, a competitor to Viom. He has also worked with Siemens AG, RPG Group and Jaiprakash Industries.

The new position is part of the strategy of Viom Networks, a Tata Teleservices and SREI Infrastructure joint venture, to add Emerging Business and Integrated Data Solutions businesses.

Viom Networks on Monday said its three-pronged strategy aims at becoming an innovative telecom infrastructure solutions provider that sets benchmarks in operational excellence and becomes the industry leader in profitability.

“From asset growth, we had entered a phase of asset based management and the next stage will be about knowledge management,” said Syed Safawi, CEO of Viom Networks.

In addition to Sudhir Prasad, the tower company also appointed Ravi Badwal as the head of Emerging Business and Rochak Kapur as the head of Integrated Data Solutions. Sudhir and Ravi will report to Syed Safawi.

Viom Networks has more than 90,000 tenancies on 40,000 towers spread across India.

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