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Offshore Service Providers Say It’s Business As Usual Despite Mumbai Blasts
Many major U.S.-based IT services companies that have operations in Mumbai say they weren’t affected, but some Indian-based service providers took a beating in the Indian stock market following the blast.
Major providers of offshore IT services with facilities in and around Mumbai say operations were uninterrupted by the bombings that killed more than 40 people Monday in India’s financial capital.
A spokesman for Accenture, which last year opened a technology development center in Mumbai, says all of the companies’ employees have been accounted for and that no facilities were damaged. The spokesman said the company is monitoring the situation and has a “mechanism in place” to provide customers with information. The spokesman declined to provide further details.
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1. tfk- | August 26th, 2003 at 5:08 am
Starting from the Mid-East, there’s no security through-out most parts of Asia since people are living under conditions we can not imagine.
I wonder what those companies do when war between India and Pakistan starts off and A-Bombs fly left and right.^
2. Till | August 26th, 2003 at 5:08 am
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by tfk- [/i]
[B]Starting from the Mid-East, there’s no security through-out most parts of Asia since people are living under conditions we can not imagine.
I wonder what those companies do when war between India and Pakistan starts off and A-Bombs fly left and right.^ [/B][/QUOTE]
Let’s just hope, that that’s not going to happen.
But I know what you mean.
3. marvind1944 | August 31st, 2003 at 10:09 pm
I work in a governmental call center. Outsourcing that work would be unpopular in the city but one never knows what routes politicians will take.
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