"We are looking at workforce of 450 people in India in two years. Our Gurgaon office already has 120 people. We are bringing many new projects to India for which we need people," SOTI Inc Founder and CEO Carl Rodrigues told PTI.
SOTI deals in enterprise mobility solution that helps people work using mobile devices. It has seven offices across globe and operates in 22 countries.
"Our global business grew 46 per cent year-on-year. In India, we have seen 50 per cent quarter-on-quarter, which was above our global average. Besides end-to-end process management, we are now focusing on Internet of Things business," said Adele Beachley, SOTI MD for Asia-Pacific.
"We are bringing our Android application platform to India. Even a non-technical person will be able to make android application using it. First version of the product will be launched by March. Large presence of Android devices in India makes this platform attractive for our clients," Rodrigues said.
He said the company is also bringing its project to India under which it will develop technology solution to connect existing machines that are using Linux system with Internet so as to control them from any remote location.
Rodrigues will attend several events scheduled by ITAC to demonstrate Canada's growing presence and interest in India's burgeoning technology market.
"SOTI's investment in promoting Canadian innovation, research and development in the IT sector to the APAC region is impressive," High Commissioner Patel said. "It's yet another example of a Canadian company taking advantage of India's engineering talent and expanding business opportunities. Ventures such as this are key promoters of Canada-India collaboration in the ICT sector, an important component of our longstanding and diverse bilateral relationship based on broad-based economic engagement and people-to-people ties."
According to market research firm IDC, India-based consumers will purchase an estimated 139 million phones this coming year, but nearly all will be low-cost Android handsets, many of which cost under $150. The smartphone market in India continues to grow, with a growth rate of 29.5 percent from 2015 to 2016. SOTI's formidable Android knowledge, differentiated Android management capabilities, and global partnerships with the largest number of global Android OEM's have allowed the company to work closely with India's top hardware manufacturers to further promote its industry-leading Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions to companies throughout APAC.