Company Press Release:
BT sets up Global Operations Centre
in India
Sir Michael Rake, Chairman,
BT Group (Right) and Ben
Verwaayen, BT Chief Executive
(Left) at the opening of
BT India’s Global Operation
Centre at Gurgaon, India. |
BT today announced the opening
of its Global Operations Centre at Gurgaon, India, in presence of Sir Mike
Rake, Chairman, BT Group and Ben Verwaayen, CEO - BT Group among other
BT executives.
The Global Operations Centre
will employ up to 300 highly skilled professionals who will run systems
and processes for the various BT lines of business in addition to providing
functional support to Group functions such as Procurement, Legal, Finance
& HR.
Speaking at the opening,
Ben Verwaayen, said, “India is a critical market for our global growth
strategy. It has a highly skilled workforce, supportive government, and
global capabilities. Only companies who recognise and harvest talent on
a global basis will achieve a new level of competitive advantage.”
He further added, "BT has
always sought to find the best talent wherever in the world it may be.
We have been working successfully in India for many years with partners
who handle some of our non-core but mission critical activities". |
This centre is part of BT's
global sourcing strategy where BT builds global centres of excellence in
various geographies, according to local presence of talent and expertise.
Alongside centres based in
Hungary, Brazil and China, BT's increasing presence in Gurgaon is designed
to meet BT's current and future resourcing needs.
BT accounts for 2 per cent
of India’s $ 50 billion IT and BPO exports and is planning to source more
over the years.
About BT
BT is one of the world’s
leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in
170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services;
local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value
broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile
products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business:
BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March
2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before
taxation of £2,484 million.
British Telecommunications
plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually
all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed
on stock exchanges in London and New York.
About BT Telecom India
Pvt Ltd
BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd.
is a subsidiary of BT Group plc, a global leader in networked IT services.
BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd was established pursuant to a joint venture agreement
with Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Ltd., a New Delhi-based company engaged in the
businesses of oil and gas, food and services in December, 2006. In
February 2007, BT was granted international long distance and national
long distance license by the Department of Telecommunications, Government
of India. These licenses enable BT to offer services for the first
time directly to multi-site corporate customers in India.
BT currently employs 20,000
people - directly and indirectly, in India. It has a wide base of
customers spanning IT/ITES, retail, media. BT provides its customers
virtual private network-based (VPN) services using technologies such as
internet protocol-based multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and ATM while
also addressing the networked IT service needs of BT’s multinational customers.