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Seven Indians among most influential telecom czars
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 16:03 IST |
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Bangalore: As of now, Indians has started taking for granted each and every achievement made by their compatriots due to the fact that Indians are continuously treading world heights each now and then. This time, seven Indians, including Srinath N of Tata Communications and Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises have entered the list of world's 100 most influential telecom leaders, said an industry magazine - Euromoney.
In the list topped by Google Chairman Eric Schimdt, Tata Communications Chief Executive Srinath Narasimhan stands at the Eighth position. The list was compiled by Global Telecoms Business. Technology major Apple Chief Steve Jobs and China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong are at the second and third positions, respectively.
Bharti Enterprises CEO and Group Chairman Sunil Mittal is ranked at the 35th place, while Bharti Airtel Chief Executive Manoj Kohli is placed at the 39th position.
The magazine, "Srinath has transformed VSNL into a true international operation, putting Tata's $29 billion might into taking over networks such as Teleglobe and Tyco Global Networks so that it now has a presence in Europe and North America," GTB said.
Other Indians in the list include Motorola Mobile Services Division CEO Sanjay Jha (41), Sanjiv Ahuja who is the Chief of Augere (45), Tata Communications President of global data and mobility solutions Vinod Kumar (68), former Vodafone Chief Executive Officer Arun Sarin (71).
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (33) and telecom billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (73) are also among the telecom czars listed by the journal.
