Airtel Nigeria has named Mr. Rajiv Seghal as Vice President
for Enterprise, SMEs and Postpaid.
Disclosing this, the Head, Public Relations, Airtel Nigeria,
Mr. Emma Otokhine said, Seghal was until his latest appointment the Vice
President and National Head, Voice and Solutions for Bharti Airtel Ltd India.
He also said that Seghal would be responsible for developing
innovative mobile solutions for SMEs and postpaid consumers across the country,
just as he would assist Airtel to reclaim leadership position in the SME
segment.
Commenting on Seghal’s appointment, the Chief Executive
Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Rajan Swaroop said this
demonstrated Airtel’s commitment to realizing its ambition of being the most
loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians as it moves to empower businesses
and high network individuals to succeed in their endeavours.
“With this appointment, Airtel will focus on how to assist
small businesses and entrepreneurs to succeed and maximize profits. Seghal and
the entire Airtel team will roll-out specific telecoms packages that will
address the need of the SME and also create value offerings that will make life
more enjoyable for entrepreneurs and high network individuals,” he said.
Seghal, a professional with over 17 years experience, has
been in the telecom industry for over 8 years. He joined Airtel in India in
2003, and has led various positions in sales, marketing, product development
and value added services. Prior to joining Airtel Nigeria, Seghal was heading
the Enterprise solutions division for
Airtel Enterprise Services, the
enterprise division of Bharti Airtel in India.
Seghal has been credited with developing various solutions
for enterprises in India. This includes the mobile enablement platform called Airtel
MATE (mobile application tool for enterprises) and other hosted and managed
services like the contact center solutions and conferencing services.
Seghal, a 1992 graduate of Electronics and Communications
from the Delhi Institute of Technology also has a Masters Degree in Finance and
Control from the same University.
ITRealms Online recalls that Bharti Airtel Limited is a
leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries
across Asia and Africa.
Also, the mobile operator offers mobile voice and data services,
fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for
enterprises and national & international long distance services to
carriers.
Bharti Airtel had over 228 million customers across its operations at the end of June 2011.
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