01 May 2019

NuRAN Wireless, the mobile and broadband wireless infrastructure solutions provider, has added industry veteran Babak Fouladi to its board of directors, replacing the outgoing Francis Létourneau.

Fouladi, who is currently chief technology and digital officer at Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company KPN, has joined as an independent and non-executive director. He will assist NuRAN with both the technical and business challenges of rural and remote connectivity. He has also held a number of senior executive roles in the telecom industry, including chief technology and information systems officer at MTN, chief technology officer (CTO) of Vodafone Spain and Vodafone Romania, as well as vice president of multimedia and services for Ericsson.

Martin Bedard, chief executive officer and president of NuRAN Wireless stated: “We expect this addition will further strengthen NuRAN’s marketing and sales strategy, as well as increase NuRAN’s visibility throughout the telecom industry.”

Due to company by-laws regarding the maximum number of directors, Létourneau resigned from the board to allow Fouladi’s appointment. Fouladi said he was looking forward to contributing to the efforts at NuRAN and to help the company achieve its goals of connecting rural African communities and other areas of the world. “Often times it is the smaller participants in a market who can move swiftly and really change the landscape, I feel that NuRAN has this potential,” Fouladi added.