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Viom Networks gets its new lead

~Syed Safawi joins as Companys new CEO~

New Delhi, June 2, 2012: Viom Networks, a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Quippo - a SreiGroup Enterprise, announced the appointment of Syed Safawi as its new Chief Executive Officer. With

effect from July 2, 2012, Syed has taken charge of Indias Largest Independent Telecom infrastructure

Company which is moving to the next stage of transformation, emphasizing a paradigm shift towards

achieving its goal of being amongst the most admired infrastructure company globally.

Prior to this, Syed was with Reliance Communication Ltd. as the President and CEO of the Wireless

Business and Chairman of the Reliance Management Board. He was earlier with Bharti Airtel Ltd. as

Executive Director responsible for East as well as West India operations along with International

Wireless operations of Bharti Airtel Ltd. He has over 24 years of rich FMCG and Telecom leadership

experience in India and the Global markets, almost half of which was with Coca-Cola where he was last

based at Vietnam as Country Manager and CEO managing business for Indochina and Malaysia. He has

also served on the boards of several companies in India and globally in Coca-Cola, Bharti Group and

Reliance Group.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sunil Kanoria, VC & MD, Viom Networks said, We are extremely delighted

to have Syed with us to navigate the company at such a crucial juncture. We are confident that his

global experience, leadership style and innovative bent of mind will help us further enhance our streak

of leading from the front.

On taking charge of his new role, Syed said, It is a pleasure to lead Viom Networks in these challenging

yet, very exciting times and building on a solid foundation. I look forward to taking the company toanother level in becoming a Global leader in the Infrastructure space as well as partner this very

entrepreneurial group in the Alternate Energy space.

Syed, with his diverse Global leadership experience, will facilitate the key leadership team in architecting

innovative strategy for further operational excellence by leveraging technology platforms and building &

consolidating a customer centric organization with effective customer engagement models for higher

sustained revenue growth. He will lead and support key initiatives for Organization Development which

ultimately would lead us to build an organization with World class standards. He would also be

responsible for building strategy for mid and long-term business direction & growth. He will work closely

with the Chairman and Managing Director in exploring international business opportunities and alliedareas of business, including partnering in the alternate energy solutions space.

About Viom Networks Limited: Viom Networks Limited, a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Quippo, a

SREI Group enterprise, is the pioneer in the Shared Passive Telecom Infrastructure industry in India. In 2009, the

parent company - Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Limited (QTIL) announced its partnership with Tata Teleservices

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Ltd. (TTSL) with the merger of their passive infrastructure businesses, resulting in the formation of a unified entity

Viom Networks. The company further strengthened its leadership position with the acquisition of the tower arm

of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited in early 2010. Viom is an independent entity with over 40,000 towers

and around 96,000 tenancies. Viom is the strongest player in neutral host Shared In-Building Communication

Solutions (IBS) with installations already completed at most of the major airports.

For further information, please contact:

Sonal Thind

Manager, Corporate Communications

Viom Networks Limited

sonal.thind@viomnetworks.com