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US to spend more on IT offshoring
Bangalore, Nov 16: There is good news for the booming Indian IT industry with cautious IT spending by US firms leading to more outsourcing to India in 2004.
"The regime will witness a shift in focus of services,
from the present voice-based system to the emerging era of
convergence," Sun Microsystems India country head K P
Unnikrishnan told reporters here today.
Voice services would become cheaper, however, the thrust
would be on data and other value-added services (vas), he
said adding, Java would be an "important" platform for the vas
market.
Sun Microsystems is already working with leading service
providers in India, Unnikrishnan said and added that Java has
attained a "considerable penetration" in Indian wireless
market.
The company has launched Sun Content Delivery Server,
Java Device Test Suite and Java Mobility Advantage Programme
to provide mobile operators with tools for managing consumer
and enterprise mobile content.
"These applications will help in improving average
revenue per user (ARPU) for service providers. Further, it
would also provide a freedom of choice to the operators," he
added.
Bureau Report