Unitech Wireless joins hands with Wipro

BANGALORE, INDIA: Unitech Wireless, a telecom services player in which Norwegian telecom group Telenor holds 67 percent stake, announced that has entered into a nine-year outsourcing deal with Wipro Infotech, a unit of Wipro Ltd.

Wipro will deploy component based service delivery platform (SDP) for Unitech Wireless to deliver wide range of services including multi channel access, real time information delivery, multimedia content and VAS. It is expected that the Wipro’s-Unitech Wireless partnership will transform the way in which the telecom industry operates, and create new benchmarks for business-technology alignment.

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. Its partnership with Wipro will enable uniqueness and provide non-linear, scaleable growth, while delivering the highest levels of customer service to their subscribers.

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

Suresh Vaswani, joint CEO, IT business and member of the board, Wipro Ltd, said: “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. Unitech Wireless has a unique customer-centred approach and the business-technology alignment will ensure that subscribers get the latest services."