The Network Mastermind

With an experience of 20 years spanning three continents – US, Europe and Asia, Vishant Vora utilized his rich experience and a significant amount of capital expenditure to improve the reach and quality of Vodafone India networks and in creating network differentiation.

Operating in one of the world’s most hyperr competi-competitive markets, Vishant Vora, Director, Technology,hnology, Vodafone India, has his task cut out. Despite India being one of the fastest growing markets for telecom service providers in the world,ld, the country is also one of the toughest markets in the world. Frag-Fragmentation of spectrum, lack of reliable power, low RPMsPMs (Revenue per Minute) and intense competition (India has 10 operators, other countries such as China with a similarar scale have about 3 operators) -- are some of the chal-lenges that telecom operators have to grapple with.

Faced with such obstacles, how does a CTO at a top telecom operator react? If you are someone like Vishant Vora, you try to innovate and find a way amid these obstacles. Taking a view that better network quality will be a key differentiator in a price-conscious market, Vodafone India, under the leadership of Vora, embarked on a major network modernization drive. “We spent a significant amount of capital expenditure to improve the reach and quality of our networks and create a network differentiation. This was done with a view to speed up data transfers, reduce latencies and building keyy platforms around improving customer experience. Ourur network is our differentiator,” says Vora.

With an experience of 20 years spanning three conti-ontinents – US, Europe and Asia, Vora’s experience and expertiseertise has helped Vodafone India embark on many ambitiouss initia-