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Carol Wilson , Vijaya Bogadapati of Tata Consultancy Services and Shibu Varghese of Telekom Infra discuss the key partnership between their firms .
When Telekom Infra , a Dutch tower-co , was carved out of Deutsche Telekom in 2019 – and tasked with finding their feet as a brand new company – their Managing Director & CEO , Shibu Varghese , knew that success was going to require an experienced strategic partner .
“ I was asked to set up Telekom Infra from scratch following the carve-out from T-Mobile Netherlands . When I started , the entire company was basically just a contract signed between T-Mobile Netherlands and Deutsche Telekom . There was no organisation , no business model , no clear growth plan ,” explains Varghese .
Telekom Infra selected TCS as a key strategic partner , he continues , because “ of their experience in both telecom and IT ; it was the sweet spot of expertise we were looking for because they helped us be agile , modern , and build the business more or less from scratch .”
Carol Wilson , Vice-President & Head of the Communications , Media & Information Services business of TCS in UK & Europe , and Vijaya Bogadapati , who heads up the CMI Unit at TCS in Europe , have been a key factor in helping
Telekom Infra hit the ground running in the middle of the Netherlands ’ race to launch 5G .
For Telekom Infra , going from carve-out to competitive tower-co as smoothly as possible was a critical goal , made all the more important by the 2020 launch of 5G services by T-Mobile , the company ’ s largest customer .
“ We absolutely had to keep our new business running smoothly for T Mobile . They were in the middle of their 5G launch when Telekom Infra carved out from T-Mobile Netherlands , and Telekom Infra was key to supporting their push to be the first 5G carrier in the Netherlands – and one of the first in Europe . In order to make sure we didn ’ t drop the ball we were holding for T-Mobile , we knew we needed a great partner to support us in our business continuity ,” Varghese explains , adding that , in addition to helping with the T-Mobile project , “ The new Processes and BI capability from TCS helped us in offering custom rooftop sharing options to KPN and onboarding a large wireless machine-to-machine network in the Netherlands , as well as adding a global swift navigation provider as our customer .”
“ The topmost priority for us from day one was to ensure that Telekom Infra ’ s carve out went as smoothly as possible ,” says Bogadapati . “ By leveraging our consulting expertise and experience , we were able to lead the transition activity in a way that ensured technical and operational stability for Telekom Infra all the way through the carve-out and beyond .”
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