Wipro bags IT outsourcing contract from Unitech

Unitech Wireless, the newest telecom services player in India, today announced that it had awarded a multi-hundred-million long term outsourcing contract to Wipro for creating the next generation telecom company.

Unitech Wireless, with licences to operate in all 22 circles across India, is launching telecommunication services to provide advanced wireless voice, data and ILD/, NLD services, a company release said.

Commenting on the association with Wipro, Rohit Chandra, chief operating officer, Unitech Wireless said: "We are launching a Greenfield telecom operation and want to create a strong customer proposition for our services based on technology and business processes aligned with IT. We chose Wipro as our partner because among the service providers in this field, we felt they brought a unique combination of domain expertise, market knowledge and a customer-centric approach that allows us to grow together."

"We are excited to partner with Unitech and Telenor to help build Unitech Wireless which promises to be one of the leading differentiated telecom service providers in India in the years to come," Wipro Joint CEO IT Business Suresh Vaswani said.

Unitech Wireless, with licences to operate in all 22 circles across India, is launching telecommunication services to provide advanced wireless voice, data and ILD/, NLD services.