Mumbai: After spending 17 years with leading satellite operators MEASAT (Astro group) in Malaysia and SES in Singapore, Vishaal Mathur has decided to start his own independent consultancy called Vishaal Mathur and Associates.

Mathur has been roped in by Kacific Broadband Satellites as a consultant for Nepal and Bhutan and in parallel by PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia as a consultant and head of sales for India. Mathur will be responsible for marketing Kacific Broadband Satellite’s high throughput KA-band satellite over Nepal and Bhutan. Moreover, he will oversee PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia’s new C-band satellite over the Indian subcontinent to leading broadcasters and commercial teleport operators.

He has also been appointed as an honorary consultant by a to-be-launched Hindi news channel owned by a Gujarat-based businessman.

A telecommunications industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Mathur has been associated with ESPN, Star Sports, Ten Sports, Zee Telefilms, MEASAT (Astro Malaysia) and SES World Skies during his career.