INDIA BUSINESS WORLD - JANUARY 16^th - JANUARY 31^st - 2008

WIPRO INFO BAGS $100M ARABIAN AIRLINES ORDER

Close on the heels of the Aircel mega deal, Wipro Infotech has bagged a five-year, $100-million contract from Saudi Arabian Airlines, in what is its first large deal from the Middle-East region. Wipro Infotech had recently announced that it had won a mega deal from telecom operator Aircel estimated at $450-600 million. The Saudi Arabian Airlines deal would be its second highest in terms of value. Wipro Ltd's domestic and APAC arm has won 10 total outsourcing deals in India so far including the $80 million deal with HDFC and $60 million contract with Dena Bank.