Wipro plans home net services

NEW DELHI, DEC 28: Infotech major Wipro Corporation has decided to enter the competitive home internet services market early next year through a joint venture with Royal Dutch Telecom KPN.

Wipro Net, the joint venture company of Rs 2,200 crore Wipro Corporation and the 8 billion Dutch telecom operator Royal Dutch Telecom, currently provides a host of internet-based services to its corporate clients and will be entering the fiercely competitive home segment early next year, a senior company official said here today.

quot;We have already test-marketed consumer internet services in select cities and will formally launch our services early next year,quot; chief executive officer CEO of Wipro Net Ltd Anand Talwai.