Mumbai, India, Oct 20th 2016 — Route Mobile Limited, a global leading messaging and voice API company, today announced the appointment of Mr. Tushar Agnihotri as its new CEO – India. In a push to strengthen the company’s Indian operations, Tushar will be leading domestic voice and messaging business for Route Mobile based out of the Mumbai office.
The appointment of Tushar follows the recent announcement about a new international company structure, aimed at driving growth and profitability while better aligning the company’s international strategy as well as operations.
Tushar brings over 21 years of experience from across a wide variety of sectors and geographies, having spent more than a decade in the telecom industry. Throughout his career he has led departments including channel operations, sales & marketing and strategy & planning. His insight into the enterprise side of the business combined with his extensive operating and leadership experience and global business perspective will be invaluable to Route Mobile.
“Tushar is a strong addition to our team. As Route Mobile evolves into an increasingly multi-national company, effective leadership in local markets will help further the company’s growth exponentially,” says Rajdip Gupta, Group CEO & Co-Founder of Route Mobile Limited.
Tushar joins Route Mobile from Reliance Jio where he was Head of National Acquisition WiFi business. Earlier in his career, he has held senior positions at Tata Teleservices, Arvind Mills, Blow Plast & Kodak India.
Tushar said: “I’m incredibly excited to join Route Mobile Limited, which is enjoying dynamic growth in India as well as internationally and is emerging as a clear leader in its sector. My prime focus will be to reinforce the leadership position of Route Mobile in India, adding new service solutions, ensuring we provide the best creative offering in the market place and improving our levels of customer service.“
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About Route Mobile Limited
Route Mobile Limited (RML) is a leading global messaging and voice API company with a revenue of USD 60 million in the previous financial year. Providing enterprises, aggregators, resellers and mobile network operators (MNOs) worldwide with tailored mobile technology solutions RML simplifies communications and helps customers bring their messages to life. Through its portfolio of comprehensive, flexible & innovative solutions including Mobile Messaging, 2way Messaging, HLR Number Lookup, SMS Firewall, Voice and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Route Mobile meets and exceeds its customer’s requirements. Currently, RML routes approximately 2 billion messages per month.
Established 2004 in Mumbai (India) where the company is still headquartered, RML has more than 300 employees across their HQ and offices in New Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, London, Dubai, Lagos, Accra and Cape Town.