Released on: October 22, 2008, 11:23 pm

Press Release Author: Reliance Globalcom

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: Reliance Globalcom , a leading global provider of
enterprise, wholesale, consumer and managed services, today announced the
appointment of Mandeep Bhatia as the Business Head of its National Long Distance
(NLD). Mandeep joins Reliance Globalcom from Bharti Airtel where he was leading the
consumer mobile business as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Mumbai, Maharashtra
and Goa, in his new role Mandeep will report to Mr. Punit Garg, President & CEO
Reliance Globalcom.

Press Release Body: Reliance Globalcom , a leading global provider of enterprise,
wholesale, consumer and managed services, today announced the appointment of Mandeep
Bhatia as the Business Head of its National Long Distance (NLD). Mandeep joins
Reliance Globalcom from Bharti Airtel where he was leading the consumer mobile
business as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa, in his
new role Mandeep will report to Mr. Punit Garg, President & CEO Reliance Globalcom.



"Consolidating the leadership position in the National Long Distance business by
leveraging the established portfolio of international communications services is an
integral part of our future growth strategy. Mandeep�s experience and
in-depth understanding of the telecom business would add a significant strategic
advantage in expanding our NLD Voice & Data business", said Mr. Punit Garg,
President & CEO - Reliance Globalcom.



Mandeep will spearhead the initiatives of Reliance Globalcom in the National Long
Distance arena, where he would be responsible for the expanding the current business
comprising of a suite of voice & data products & services. Reliance currently has
the largest fully-IP enabled optic fibre backbone in India spanning 110,000 Kms
close to 1275 Point of Interconnects (PoI�s), offering services in 20,000
towns and 4.5 lakh Indian villages, seamlessly integrated with its worlds largest
private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 kms serving over 1400 enterprises, 200
carriers and 1.7 million retail customers in 50 countries across 5 continents.



"The integrated and seamless capabilities of Reliance Globalcom�s global and
domestic infrastructure provides a unique platform to offer best class wholesale,
retail and consumer NLD services. I am looking forward to be an integral part of
this superlative growth story by further expanding Reliance Globalcom�s
marketshare in the NLD business", said Mr. Mandeep B. Bhatia, Head - NLD business,
Reliance Globalcom.



Mandeep brings with him extensive experience and knowledge of the telecommunication
business to this important new role, prior to Bharti Airtel, he was associated with
organisations such as Spice Telecom, Voltas and ESPL.


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About Reliance Globalcom:
Reliance Globalcom, a division of Reliance Communications, spearheads the Global
Telecom operations of India�s largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider.
Reliance Globalcom brings together the synergies of Reliance Communications Global
Business encompassing Enterprise Services, Capacity Sales, Managed Services and a
highly successful bouquet of Retail products & services comprising of Global Voice,
Internet Solutions and Value Added Services. The company serves over 1400
enterprises, 200 carriers and 1.7 million retail customers in 50 countries across 5
continents. Reliance Globalcom owns the worlds largest private undersea cable system
spanning 65,000 kms seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications over 110,000
kms of domestic optic fiber provides a robust Global Service Delivery Platform
connecting 40 key business markets in India, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the
U.S. With its recent acquisition of eWave World, a pioneer in the global Wimax
space, Reliance Globalcom has the capability to launch 4G services in over 50
countries. It has also acquired Vanco Group, enabling the company to provide managed
services to over 230 countries across the globe. For further information, please
visit www.relianceglobalcom.com.



About Reliance Communications:
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri. Dhirubhai H Ambani
(1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has a market capitalization of over
Rs. 2,25,000 crore (US$ 53 billion), net worth in excess of Rs. 58,000 crore (US$ 14
billion), cash flows of Rs. 12,000 crore (US$ 3 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,000
crore (US$ 2 billion) and zero net debt.



Rated among "Asia's Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies", Reliance Communications
is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The
company, with a customer base of over 58 million including over 1.8 million
individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies
by number of customers. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100
Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic
carriers.



Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated
(wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is
capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications
value chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages. Reliance
Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled
connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable
systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.



Web Site: http://www.relianceglobalcom.com/index.php

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