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  • Nimbus appoints Shashi Kalathil as CEO of Neo Sports

    MUMBAI: Nimbus has appointed Shashi Kalathil as Chief Executive Officer of its sports broadcasting business Neo Sports. This will be effective from October this year.
    Kalathil comes to Nimbus from the Tata Group and brings with him experience from the FMCG and telecom sectors. Prior to this he has served at Pepsi as executive director-marketing and has also had a stint with VSNL.

    In addition to Shashi, Scott Ferguson has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer and will be based in Singapore. Within the next few days, Nimbus expects to make more appointments in its sports broadcasting business.

    Commenting on his induction, chairman Harish Thawani said, “I have known Shashi over the years as a client (when he was at Pepsi) and apart from his obvious pedigree as a cutting-edge professional, above all he brings with him a level of integrity and values that are universally admired.”

    Shashi added, “My mandate will be to lead a world class and passionate management team that has amazing depth of sports expertise, to greater consumer focus and to deliver outstanding value to Neo Sports’ advertisers and viewers through innovative use of technology.”

    As previously disclosed, Nimbus shall be launching the first of its Neo Sports channels in the last quarter of 2006. Nimbus is constructing a state-of-the-art production and broadcasting facility in Mumbai’s western suburbs and expects to use several technological innovations to enhance the quality of sports broadcasting in India and be ready with interactive services by early 2007.

  • VSNL to set up cyber cafes at railway stations

    VSNL to set up cyber cafes at railway stations

    MUMBAI: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) is setting up cyber cafes at major railway stations across the country to create user-friendly public internet access points.

    The company, which has been awarded franchisee rights for running of cyber cafes at 68 locations, plans to make all of them operational in the next few weeks. The first of this was inaugurated at the Bangalore railway station by VSNL president of broadband and retail business Shashi Kalathil.

    Speaking on the occasion, Kalathil said, “This effort will enable VSNL implement the promise made in the Union Railway budget of setting up such cyber cafes across the leading railway stations in the country. We are keen on making internet easily available so that passengers can stay connected even while on the move.”

    All Tata Indicom dial-up internet and broadband subscribers can use this facility by using their existing accounts. “Each of these cybercafes will be equipped with 10-20 high end multimedia PCs with flat panel monitors and will be open 24 X 7. Travellers can now avail Internet browsing and gaming facilities at very affordable rates. We also plan to offer other value added services like printing, scanning, mobile charging and CD writing through these cafes. Passengers can also use the cyber cafes for making onward bookings, checking their bank statements, tracking their investment portfolio and making ISD calls at affordable prices,” VSNL said.

    Tata Indicom will also create select areas in the railway station that are Wi Fi enabled, allowing passengers to experience the internet on their laptop or Wi-Fi enabled PDAs.