WIPRO SIGNS PACT TO MARKET SERVICES IN THE UAE.

DUBAI, Feb 9 Asia Pulse - IT major Wipro (BSE:WIPR) has been signed on by the Abu Dhabi-based Higher Colleges of Technology to cooperate in informaion technology and market related services in the region.

Azim Premji, Wipro's chairman, said the deal will allow Wipro to contribute to IT transfer to the region and to "technical resource development to build a rich IT talent pool in the UAE."

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Chairman of the Colleges, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Saturday with Wipro on behalf of the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT).

Officials said the deal involves joint development and marketing of IT consulting, solutions and services to customers in the region as well as technology transfer through participation of nationals in various stages of the project.

India's leading IT company, Wipro Infotech, a division of the $660 million Wipro Ltd. Corporation, which offers high value corporate information technology products, solutions and services, has a been marketing its services in the Middle East from its Middle Eastern operation at Dubai Internet City (DIC).

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