AT&T Announces New India Executive.Company Restructures Asia Pacific Operations; India Is Now a New AT&T Region HONG KONG Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. & NEW DELHI New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , India -- AT&T Corp., a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T), today announced that it has restructured its Asia Pacific operations to better meet the needs of multinational customers in the region and to fully capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the burgeoning demand for telecom services in India. Effective Nov. 1, 2007, India will become a separate region reporting directly to John Finnegan, senior vice president of Global Sales. V.S. Gopi Gopinath, who is currently vice president of AT&T Asia Pacific, will relocate to Bangalore, India after a transitional period to lead AT&T's global services business in India. The restructuring is designed to reflect the growing importance of the market in India, which is now the fastest-growing market for AT&T in Asia Pacific. AT&T became the first foreign operator to receive national long distance (NLD NLD abbr. nonverbal learning disorder ) and international long distance (ILD (Inter Layer Dielectric) The insulation used between layers of aluminum or copper wire that interconnect the transistors in a chip. There are three to four layers in a memory chip and five to seven in a logic chip with hundreds of meters of wiring. ) licenses under India's liberalized telecom regulations and, in April, became the first company to begin commercial operations. Ronald Spears, group president, AT&T Global Business Services, is visiting India at present and has said the restructuring and senior executive appointment will help to drive investment and resources to ensure the sustained growth of the company's business in India. "These developments will further strengthen AT&T's commitment to the rapidly expanding telecommunications sector in India and highlight our strong expectations for this market," Spears said. "Gopi brings a wealth of international experience and extensive knowledge of the telecommunications sector to this important new role." India has been a key priority for AT&T since the company established a presence there in 1987. Most recently, AT&T extended its successful relationship with Mahindra Telecommunications Private Ltd. through AT&T India by applying for the Unified Access Service License (UASL UASL Unified Access Service License UASL User Agent SubLayer ) in all 22 circles of India. In July, Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer, visited India; it was his first international trip since assuming the chairman's office in June. In October 2006, AT&T became the first global telecom operator in India to secure -- through the AT&T India joint venture -- NLD and ILD licenses in India. AT&T India began offering commercial services in early 2007 with the capability of providing AT&T's global customers who are operating in India with the same standard of communications services that they enjoy from AT&T elsewhere in the world. 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