Antenna Software announces expansion plans in India

BANGALORE, INDIA: Antenna Software, provider of mobile websites, apps and content, today announced its plans to drive further growth in India.

As part of the company’s expansion strategy, Antenna has set up a new facility in Bangalore to accommodate an aggressive 30-40 per cent increase in headcount year over year to help meet revenue targets. Antenna also added resources to another office in Pune as a result of its recent acquisition of Volantis Systems in February 2011, said a press release.

Antenna’s new centre in Bangalore will help the company to broaden operations and meet increasing customer and partner demand.

Antenna currently employs around 120 highly skilled professionals in the Bangalore and Pune offices, including technical project managers, business analysts, architects, technical writers, developers, QA specialists, customer support, and technical support, the release added.

Reji Baby, V.P. Global Solutions Engineering, Antenna India said, “Keeping the employee retention rate high is a true testimony of our employee satisfaction in India. In addition, working with exciting mobile technologies in one of the fast growing industries in the world, a wide career path, significant financial incentives and our fun-filled and open working environment gives our employees numerous opportunities to grow with the company.”

Antenna’s recent acquisition of Volantis Systems adds diversity to the company’s product portfolio with the addition of mobile web capabilities. It also adds significant India-based customers and partners including system integrators and mobile operators, most of whom have global customers and presence.

“To meet the consumers’ appetite for mobile applications, Antenna must scale its operations globally and bolster our very successful India presence to help us gain momentum in the Asia-Pac region. We are thrilled to be here this week to celebrate the 5-year anniversary Antenna India and acknowledge its role in our overall success in delivering the most innovative mobile solutions to our customers and partners and look forward to even greater success in the coming year,” said Jim Hemmer, CEO, Antenna Software.