Broadband
70 million US broadband households in 2008: Study
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that will make content makers and providers in the US sit up and take notice! The research firm Research and Market has predicted that there will be
nearly 70 million broadband households in the US in 2008.
The firm has stated that broadband households will grow at a compound annual rate of 19.4 per cent between 2004 and 2008. Household penetration will increase from 23.1 per cent to
56.3 per cent over the same period.
The report states that the explosion won’t merely affect high-speed Internet access but also create an entirely new market, including voice and video transmissions. Cable and telecom companies will fiercely compete in this space. That is because this market is worth ten times the value of the Internet access business alone.
The fight is between the telecom and cable companies to enter into competing turfs. Telecom companies are offering video services while cable companies are offering voice services. The company that controls the broadband connection will largely control the future digital home. The current scrambling for position is a precursor to the real battle about to begin between cable and telecom companies as they encroach on each other’s traditional territory. “You want a piece of me? I’ll take a piece of you!” could well be the catch phrase of this new era.
Billions of dollars of revenue are in play. The business decisions that are made over the next 12 to 24 months will determine whether massive corporate entities thrive, survive or disappear.
The North America Broadband report explores the changing dynamic of the broadband market and its effects on the communications and entertainment industries. The report notes that convergence, which was once only a dream, is happening in homes across the US and it is changing the character and product offerings of some of the most powerful corporations in the US.
Key questions that the report addresses include:
– Will new broadband technologies overtake cable and ADSL?
– How can marketers take advantage of increased broadband penetration?
– Is there a future for dial-up?
– Will new wireless access technologies swamp
wireline solutions?
This information will be useful for ISPs, film and television producers, television channels and mobile content providers.
Broadband
Tejas Networks names Arnob Roy as MD and CEO, overhauls top leadership team
The Bengaluru-based telecom gear maker reshuffles its entire top team even as quarterly revenue collapses by 83 per cent
BENGALURU: Tejas Networks is changing the guard at the top, and doing so at speed. The Bengaluru-headquartered telecom equipment maker has elevated Arnob Roy as managing director and chief executive officer, effective April 15, 2026, for a term running through to August 3, 2028, and in the same breath announced new appointments across operations and finance. The timing is pointed: the company is navigating one of the roughest patches in its recent history.
Roy steps up from his role as executive director and chief operating officer, a position he has held since March 2019. He brings more than three decades of experience in the high-technology sector across research and development, operations, and sales. His predecessor, Anand Athreya, resigned last year citing personal reasons and was relieved on June 20, 2025, leaving a gap at the top that has now been formally filled.
The numbers Roy inherits are sobering. Tejas posted a net loss of Rs 211.3 crore in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, a near-194 per cent widening year on year from Rs 71.8 crore in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter collapsed 82.6 per cent year on year to Rs 333 crore, down from Rs 1,907 crore. EBITDA swung to a loss of Rs 118.2 crore against a profit of Rs 121.5 crore a year ago. The culprit is not hard to identify: Tejas has derived the bulk of its revenue from BSNL’s fourth-generation network project, delivered as part of a Tata Consultancy Services-driven consortium, and that roll-out is now winding down.
Roy, speaking during a post-earnings conference call with analysts, was candid about where the company has been. “The BSNL 4G network went live across 100,000 sites. We deployed our largest indigenous router networks in the country through the BSNL MAN network, as well as in the BharatNet Phase 3 network,” he said, adding that Tejas had also successfully rolled out its 400G and 800G DWDM equipment in domestic and international markets, and continued the deployment of what it describes as the world’s largest satellite IoT network through its vehicle tracking system solution.
The pivot to new revenue streams is already under way. Tejas has partnered with Japan’s Rakuten Symphony and NEC Corporation to push deeper into international markets, with several Open Radio Access Network trials ongoing, one of which concluded recently. The company is also diversifying across equipment categories and geographies to sustain momentum as the BSNL chapter closes.
To prosecute that strategy, Roy needs a full team around him. Preetham Uthaiah has been appointed chief operating officer, moving up from his current role as vice president of product management for wireless products at Tejas Networks. Uthaiah brings nearly 30 years of global experience spanning engineering, product management, and business development across India and the United States. Before joining Tejas Networks, he served as executive vice president of product management, marketing, and strategy at Saankhya Labs, and held senior roles at Tech Mahindra on both sides of the Atlantic. He holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a degree in electronics and communications from Karnatak University.
On the finance front, AVS Prasad has been approved as chief financial officer, effective May 16, 2026, succeeding Sumit Dhingra, who has resigned. Prasad, currently serving as finance controller at Tejas Networks, brings over 27 years of experience within the Tata Group across telecom, aerostructures, and defence. A company secretary and cost and management accountant by training, he has spent more than 15 years in senior finance roles including CFO and financial controller positions, with expertise spanning corporate finance, treasury management, regulatory compliance, internal audit, and governance.
New chief executive, new chief operating officer, new chief financial officer — all installed in a single move, at a moment when the company’s largest revenue source is drying up and the next chapter remains unwritten. Tejas Networks has placed its bets. Now it has to deliver.
