TCS global delivery center for AT&T in Chennai

NEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced the setting up of a Global Delivery Center (GDC) for Redmond, Washington based AT&T Wireless (AWS) at its Tidel Park Facility, Chennai. The center will focus on supporting AWS' mission critical applications in customer systems and enterprise support areas.

TCS will work on proprietary as well as third party systems for AWS to deliver scalable, reusable and globally deployable solutions. This center is expected to grow over the next year to support AWS' growth plans. The GDC working on various AT&T projects has a capacity of 200 consultants, which can be scaled up in the future.

Speaking on the occasion, Mohan Gyani, CEO, AT&T Wireless, said, "The setting up of the TCS-AWS GDC is an important development for us. AT&T Wireless has grown significantly in an increasingly competitive market where time to market is critical to business. We are confident the TCS-AWS relationship will help us deliver value to our customers."

"The GDC will enable AWS to provide high quality reliable and cost-effective value-added services to its customer," said S Ramadorai, CEO, TCS. "This is a strategic relationship for TCS and we will be working closely with AWS. We are optimistic about the prospects and are confident that the relationship will help AWS achieve its growth plans," he added.