Vivek J. Porwal

Group General Manager at RailTel

Vivek J. Porwal is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Currently serving as Group General Manager at RailTel Corporation of India Ltd since December 2013, Vivek leads the Retail Broadband Business nationwide and has held several key positions that include General Manager of Marketing and Revenue Assurance. Prior experience includes leadership roles at companies such as Vidyo, ZTE, Avaya GlobalConnect, and Tata Telecom, where contributions involved significant growth in enterprise business and the establishment of market leadership in unified communications and video solutions. Vivek holds multiple degrees, including an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Management Development Institute, and has completed executive programs at prestigious institutions like The Wharton School and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

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Gurgaon, India

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RailTel

RailTel Corporation a "Mini Ratna (Category-I)" PSU is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track. The OFC network covers all important towns & cities of the country and several rural areas covering 70% of India’s population. RailTel with strong nationwide presence is committed to bring cutting edge technology and offer innovative services to the Indian Telecom market. RailTel is in the forefront in providing nationwide Broadband Telecom & Multimedia Network in all parts of the country in addition to modernization of Train operations and administration network systems. With its Pan India high capacity network, RailTel is working towards creating a knowledge society at various fronts. Presently, RailTel has created over 45000 RKMs of fiber network connecting over 4500 cities/towns on the network including several rural areas. The network is supported by multiple of 10G/2.5G based STM-64/16 system rings. In addition, RailTel has also provided over 10500 KM of network with DWDM systems with 100G/400G capacity which is targeted to be further expanded to additional 14000 KM within a year to cover all major cities of the country. RailTel also has a MPLS network with core on 10G capacity along with NGN system to support various IP enabled services. Equipped with an ISO 9001:2008 certification, RailTel offers a wide gamut of managed telecom services to Indian Telecom market. The service includes Managed lease lines, Tower colocation, MPLS based IP-VPN, Internet and NGN based voice carriage services to Telecom Operators, Internet Service Providers, MSOs, Enterprises, Banks, Govt. Institutions/dept., Educational Institutions/Universities, etc. RailTel is aggressively entering into Enterprise services market with launch of its various services like Data Center, Railwire, Telepresence, etc.


Headquarters

Gurugram, India

Employees

201-500

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