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Hathway launches cable internet package ‘Freeway’
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable Internet is offering unlimited download with its new broadband package ‘Freeway’ at 128 Kbps for just Rs. 995 per month. This offer is only for the subscribers in Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai.
“Our mission is to meet the requirements of the subscribers by offering packages at an affordable price catering to the masses. Free way package is a mass market package and is expected to increase the company’s subscriber base this year,” says Hathway Cable & Datacom internet operations head Karthik Bhaskaran.
This new initiative will expose the internet users to a high-speed broadband experience at effective prices. Hathway Cable Internet has set up help line for its subscribers so that immediate assistance is provided to them at the time of queries.
Hathway has also recently announced free net filtering solutions called Site Police for its annual subscribers in order to prevent Internet abuse. Site Police, the Internet filtering software stops pornography, chatting, games & other applications as per the subscriber’s wish along with high speed broadband internet packages – Super Silver Rush (512 Kbps), Hathway 256 Kbps & Velocity (128 Kbps) targeting residential and corporate users.
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
