Motorola Joint Venture With Wipro

India's Wipro and Motorola are forming a joint venture to deliver managed telecoms services to public and private network customers. The joint venture, named WMNetServ, will deliver outsourced telecom services to help customers focus on their core business and gain access to capabilities not available internally. By combining Motorola's portfolio with Wipro's resources and expertise, WMNetServ will deliver and manage services in planning, deployment, optimization, security, operations and support.

"Wipro has a proven track record in delivering managed services and complements Motorola's expertise in mobility," said Srikanth Kannankote, corporate vice president, Motorola."The combined strength of Wipro and Motorola gives WMNetServ a significant competitive advantage in managed services. Customers can reap the benefits of two industry leaders delivering managed services that are innovative, high-quality and offer global capabilities in a converging marketplace."

WMNetServ will host a Global Network Operation Center (GNOC) platform that will integrate seamlessly with Motorola's existing NOCs in North America and Europe to provide 24/7 network monitoring capabilities to customers. WMNetServ's primary delivery center, including the GNOC will be based in India. Headquarters and a regional subsidiary for the joint venture will reside in Europe. WMNetServ will be led by a Wipro representative while the Board of Directors will have representation from Wipro and Motorola senior management.

According to Mercer Management Consulting, the global managed & advisory services market is expected to almost double during the next four years, reaching $48 Billion by 2010, from $26 Billion in 2005. This growth reflects an industry-wide shift from the traditional use of in-house teams to manage network operations and maintenance to more flexible, managed services models that allow operators to better focus on critical business functions, while upgrading to next-generation capabilities."

Posted to the site on 27th July 2006