Infosys in focus after launching new Microsoft Cloud Business Unit

IT major Infosys announced an expansion of its relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of enterprise clients. Infosys has launched a new Microsoft Cloud Business Unit that will focus on the comprehensive cloud needs of enterprises - from infrastructure to business applications. The unit at Infosys will consist of a central pool of trained consultants, architects and specialist sales team that will be aligned to four core solution areas - modern workplace, business applications, application development & infrastructure and data & analytics. The new unit is chartered to develop and deliver integrated experiences, solutions and services spanning Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Windows 10 and Microsoft Dynamics 365. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 31 May 2018.

Idea Cellular announced completion of sale of its pan-India standalone tower business, by way of divesting its entire stake in ICISL (100% subsidiary of Idea), to ATC Telecom Infrastructure (ATC). The transaction has been closed with an enterprise value of Rs 4000 crore for approximately 9,900 standalone towers.

Vodafone's sale of its standalone tower business to ATC has already been completed earlier for an enterprise value of Rs 3850 crore. With this, both Idea and Vodafone India have now monetised the standalone tower assets for a total enterprise value of Rs 7850 crore, as per the timelines provided at the time of the announcement in November 2017, strengthening the financial position of the merged entity. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 31 May 2018.

Maruti Suzuki India said it crossed the mark of 3-lakh cumulative sale of cars with the acclaimed Auto Gear Shift (AGS) technology. With the AGS becoming popular among the customers, Maruti Suzuki aims to achieve the feat of over 2-lakh sales in the current fiscal year. The contribution of cars with AGS variant to the company's total sales has tripled since its introduction in 2014. At present, Maruti Suzuki offers AGS in seven models in its range, including bestsellers like Alto K10, WagonR, Celerio, Swift, IGNIS and Dzire. In May 2018, Vitara Brezza became the latest offering with AGS technology from Maruti Suzuki. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 31 May 2018.

Cochin Shipyard said Government of Kerala has signed an agreement with the company for construction of three marine ambulance boat for fisheries department. Marine ambulances will be used for the rescue and instant treatment to the marine fishermen in distress. Cochin Shipyard presently has a robust order book in ship-building and ship-repair. The company is presently constructing 4 passenger vessels for Andaman and Nicobar Administration. CSL is also constructing the prestigious indigenous aircraft carrier for the indian navy and technology demonstration vessel for the Government of India. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 31 May 2018.

PNC Infratech has been declared the L1 (lowest) bidder for the 54.40 km long 4th package of Nagpur-Mumbai Six Lane Access Controlled Super Communication Expressway (Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) on EPC basis for a quoted price of Rs 2099.52 crore. The price bids were opened on 31 May 2018, with PNC's bid being the lowest (L1). Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is the proponent for this 700 km long Green Field Expressway project comprising 16 individual packages. Construction of the project is to be completed in 30 months. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 31 May 2018.

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