Den Networks appoints Yugal Kishore Sharma as president

Den Networks has appointed Yugal Kishore Sharma as its president, broadband. He will be spearheading the company's foray into broadband Internet services and would be reporting directly to SN Sharma, CEO, Den.

Yugal joins Den from Tikona Digital Networks, a wireless broadband company with a 4G license where he was the COO.

Prior to Tikona, he has worked with Polycom Inc as its regional director for India and South East Asia. He has previously been associated with leading Indian and global firms like Tata Telecom, Siemens India, LG, and Parsec Technologies.

"Yugal brings with him his vast experience in the field of high technology products and telecom services in consumer and enterprise segments. He has created and grown product businesses from scratch for mobile phones, VoIP, and Video CPEs, video endpoints and enterprise solutions such as unified collaborative communications (UCC), video-collaboration (VC), and tele-presence," the company said in its statement.

"High bandwidth wired broadband is the next game changer for India and has the potential to revolutionize both media and communication industries in the country," said Sameer Manchanda, chairman and managing director, Den Networks.

"We have already carried out proof of concept tests on Docsis 3.0 platforms and achieved speeds of 100 Mbps in controlled conditions which is far higher than what most broadband platforms are able to offer today. We now plan to take broadband across our digital subscriber base and offer consumers an unbeatable high speed data experience," said S N Sharma, CEO, Den Networks.

Den's expertise in cable television coupled with its strong nationwide presence in an estimated 13 mn homes and with five mn digital cable subscribers provides it a strong platform to rapidly grow its broadband services. With the vision of offering double and triple play services to its subscribers, DEN has been investing heavily over the last few years to build a large fiber optic backbone through a combination of owned and leased fiber.