Wipro Infotech has strengthened its position in Kuwait by signing agreements with Gulf Insurance Co, Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences, Investment Dar and Future Communications Co.
These agreements include tasks such as application development, IT consultancy; infrastructure related service and awareness programmes on Six Sigma quality standard.
Suresh Vaswani, president of Wipro Infotech 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 last August and is focusing on oil and gas, telecoms, banking and insurance, government and retail. Having started its Middle East operations in June 2001, it has built a strong customer base in Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Some of Wipro's key customers in the Middle East include Saudi Polyolefins, Al Haya Medical Co and Riyadh Pharma in Saudi Arabia; Dubai e-Government, Dubai Municipality and Dubai Dry Docks in UAE; and Doha Bank, Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Vinyl Co.
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