DCM Tech to increase revenue from licensing IP

NEW DELHI: DCM Technologies, the spin off software company from DCM Data Systems, is looking to increase its revenues from licensing its intellectual property to 30 percent of its total revenues within the next three years. Currently a few clients in the US are using its IP for the medium access control in WLAN and PCIX. DCM has entered the Japanese market through an alliance with a local company as it hopes to so some brisk business in Japan also.

The company is focussed on high-end technology solutions in embedded software and integrated circuits and has its client-base mostly in the US. Only recently, the company entered the Japanese market. As opposed to the industry trend of geographic diversification, DCM Tech will focus on consolidating its businesses in US and Japan. "This is where most of the high tech work is taking place. We are also exploring Israel but that's premature now," says Hemant Bharat Ram, CEO of DCM Technologies.

The company has an employee-base of 200 people working for clients like Intel, Compaq and NEC. The company is funded by CitiCorp, which holds a 50 percent stake in the company. Bharat Ram declined to comment on the revenues but classified the company as an SME. However, the company, due to its lineage, has not faced a problem in marketing itself overseas.

Although there are no large projects coming, the company is confident of maintaining its performance level during this fiscal.



Pointing out the significant opportunity in designing analog integrated IC and RF integrated IC, Bharat Ram says that there are very few companies working in the space and therefore, Indian companies could seek some options in this domain. But a major hurdle would be to find the technical expertise or knowledge base in such niche areas.