Wipro inks deal with 4 Kuwaiti cos

HYDERABAD: Wipro Infotech, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific IT division of Wipro Ltd, has further strengthened its position in Kuwait by signing agreements with Gulf Insurance Company, Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences, Investment Dar and Future Communications Company.

Wipro Infotech president Suresh Vaswani announced this at a press conference in the presence of the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Swashpawan Singh. These agreements included tasks such as application development, IT consultancy; infrastructure related service and awareness programs on Six Sigma quality standard.

Vaswani said, "The Middle East is a critical component of our global expansion strategy, as it is a rapidly growing IT services market. Wipro is committed to building a strong business base here in Kuwait as well as rest of the Middle East. We will continue to provide value through our vast global experience, robust quality processes, in-depth understanding of various domains and our comprehensive range of high value IT services."

Wipro commenced operations in Kuwait in August 2003 and is focusing on all verticals that include oil and gas, telecom, banking and insurance, government and retail. Today, Wipro has over 300 skilled professionals working on various projects across the Middle East. Its major thrust is on the high-end of the IT services value chain that includes technology services, software solutions and IT consulting.

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