
Cobham Wireless, formerly Aeroflex wireless business unit, has appointed Kishor Anchlia as its new country head for India. Kishor is a telecom professional with nearly 27 years of experience in test and measurement equipment sales and marketing with reputed organisations involved in IT, Telecom, aerospace, defence and enterprise verticals.
?Kishor?s deep understanding of how customers apply test and measurement solutions together with his technical and commercial leadership will help Cobham Wireless continue to strengthen and grow its presence in India,? said Stephen Hire, Vice President of APAC for Cobham Wireless. ?We are also grateful to Veda Consulting for the efficient and professional manner in which they assisted us during the search process.?
?I am excited to be joining Cobham Wireless at a time when its market in India is so dynamic,? said Anchlia. ?Indian operators are moving ahead rapidly with long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced network rollouts and with network function virtualisation (NFV), and I look forward to developing new business here based on Cobham Wireless?s world-class expertise in validating LTE/LTE-A networks and in IP traffic emulation.?
Cobham has been a trusted supplier to Indian space, aerospace, defence and commercial customers for more than 30 years, providing components for Indian-manufactured satellites and wind turbines, avionics and flight safety equipment for a wide range of Indian military and commercial aircraft, ?buddy? air to air refuelling pods for the Su-30 fighter, and ground based sensors and electronics to Indian military, paramilitary and police forces.
In addition, Cobham has collaborated with Indian private industry partners to provide engineering services, in-country manufacturing and through life technical support for our installed base of products.