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Indian outsourcing heavyweight Wipro Technologies is opening its second business process outsourcing site in the Philippines. It will be the first one in Metro Manila. The first in the country was opened within the Cebu Business Park.

The Bangalore-based BPO company’s will occupy half of Lucio Tan group’s Eton Cyberpod Centris building at the new urban development near the Edsa-Quezon Avenue intersection in Quezon City.

Wipro’s Cebu site serves three clients from the United States and the United Kingdom. The second site in Metro Manila is set to support its expansion within the North American market.

Wipro, whose parent Wipro Ltd. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is one of the biggest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. It offers IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance services to corporations around the world.

Eton Properties Philippines president Danilo Ignacio said Wipro agreed to lease an initial 6,000 square meters of office space at Eton Cyberpod, with a commitment to expand by another 2,000 sq. m.

“They actually want their server operational by Sept. 15 so they can test the systems,” Ignacio said. “At the latest they should be operational by November.”

 

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