Infosys to open unit in Mexico

Information technology major Infosys Technologies today said that it would soon open a 200-seater BPO facility in Mexico, its first in Latin America.

The company is also looking at other countries to start such units. “As we speak, we are in the process of moving into our own office. We have taken the office. It will be operational very soon”, company CEO and managing director Mr S Gopalakrishnan told here today. “Right now, we are looking to start with approximately 200 seats”. Primarily, the centre will focus on BPO. We will monitor the growth and then we will look at starting other services from the unit,” he added.

The NASDAQ-listed IT and consulting major has just opened a 60-seater BPO facility at the Philippine capital of Manila which will be ramped up to 700 seats in an year’s time.

Infosys Head (HRD, education and research) Mr TV Mohandas Pai, said “Mexico is closest to the US in the time zone and American clients are very familiar with that country. There is a good emerging employee pool there.” Infosys, which has a employees of around 65 nationalities, is also scaling up hiring of locals.

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Infosys to Invest Rs 30 cr in Chandigarh Operations

Chandigarh, Aug 5 (PTI) Software solutions developer Infosys Technologies Limited has said it will invest Rs 30 crore on expansion of its Chandigarh operations during the current fiscal.
"We will invest Rs 30 crore on infrastructure development of our operations in Chandigarh during this year," Infosys Technologies Limited's Development Centre Head Sameer Goel said here.

The company, which is India's second biggest software exporter, has so far invested Rs 160 crore on its facility in Chandigarh.

With the new investment, it proposes to set up blocks for software developers at its IT centre in Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.

The 30-acre Software Development Centre of Infosys employs about 2,000 people in Chandigarh, which is extendable to 3,000.

The company has been exporting softwares to countries like the United States, Europe and Middle East. It has also been awarded the STPI software export award for earning export revenue of Rs 17,423 lakh from the Union Territory. PTI

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