How has Tata Comm transformed itself in the past few years after the VSNL acquisition?
SA: After VSNL’s monopoly ended in ’03, we started looking for new sources of growth. We thought of different business ideas and some of them were dropped as other Tata Group companies were already into it. For instance, in ’02, one idea could have been to enter mobile telephony. Since some other Tata company was involved, we didn’t enter that segment. We were relatively strong in the voice business, which was very competitive. So, we thought of venturing into new areas like enterprise and data service, which can utilise our existing infrastructure. Since many of our customers wanted services across the globe, we decided to globalise aggressively. Where do you see growth coming from in the future? SA: Currently, Tata Comm is the No 1 global player in the voice business and the only non-American and non-European player among the top 10 companies in the Internet Protocol business. Going forward, the relative importance of voice business in our total revenues will continue to fall. Curren
