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India : DIAL, Wipro sign 10-year outsourcing deal.


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India s third largest software firm, Wipro Ltd, has signed a 10-year outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management.  contract with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for an undisclosed sum.

It has also formed a joint venture with DIAL to build and market technology for airports in India List of airports in India, grouped by state (or territory) and sorted by location.
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 and overseas, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Wipro will build software applications, networks and security systems at the terminal number three of the Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of New Delhi, Delhi is one of India's main domestic and international gateways.  in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. .

It is a significantly large contract, said Anand Sankaran, business head for India and West Asia at Wipro. He declined to specify the value of the deal.

The airport deal is the latest in a string of contracts Wipro has won in India this year.

In June, it signed a nine-year outsourcing contract with Unitech Wireless Ltd and in March, it won a Rs1,182 crore n. 1. Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000) s>.

Noun 1. crore - the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
 e-governance order from the Employees State Insurance Corporation of India.

It is now a routine. This does not significantly change the company s outlook in revenue, said Gaurav Dua, head of research at Sharekhan Ltd, a Mumbai brokerage.

Wipro and DIAL are also setting up a joint venture, Wipro Airport IT Services Ltd, to build airport-specific technology and tap into opportunities in upgrading infrastructure in airports both in India and abroad.

Wipro will own a 74% stake in the venture.

It will be a channel for delivering both our capabilities. We can work for other airports, said Sankaran. A team of specialists from Wipro and DIAL will join the joint venture, which will bid for deals for upgrading airports run by the Airports Authority of India The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is an organization working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation that manages all the airports in India. The AAI manages and operates 126 airports including 11 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves. .

The authority is upgrading 35 non-metro airports across the country

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