Earlier this month, BBC news reported on the UK activities of Indian software services firm Wipro
BBC NEWS | Business | Indian firm ‘eyeing UK graduates’
Wipro hires 20,000 graduates each year in India, and faces competition from foreign multinationals also flooding into Bangalore.
As the demand for IT professionals has risen in India, Wipro has been forced to raise salaries twice in 2006.
Its existing clients include Nokia ,Thames water and the insurer Aviva.
Outsourcing work to countries such as India is a sensitive topic, with its skilled workforce and cheap labour seen by some as a threat to British jobs.
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