Mitsubishi deal to add $375 mn incremental rev for TCS in FY15 - Zee News

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New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services' deal with Japanese firm Mitsubhishi is expected to add USD 375 million in incremental revenues of India's largest software services firm, brokerage firm Motilal Oswal Securities said on Tuesday.

TCS has inked an agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation to form a new IT services company of significant scale in the Japanese market with annual turnover of over USD 600 million.

"The deal, if closed by June 2014, will add about USD 375 million incremental revenues in FY15 (three quarter revenues from ITF)," Motilal Oswal Securities Analyst Ashish Chopra said.

The deal is a cash and equity deal, and cash payout by TCS is USD 50 million, he added.
Chopra said the deal also lends TCS an edge in the Japanese market with local manpower, client references as well as other Japanese clients in Hi-tech, Manufacturing, BFSI and Retail verticals.

"Japan is the second largest market for IT services, and Indian players have struggled t o gain a foothold in the region. In that regard, TCS' move opens up the region favorably for the company ? an additional source of revenue over the long term," he said.

The new entity will see the merger of TCS Japan, IT Frontier Corporation (ITF) ?- Mitsubishi's 100 percent IT subsidiary -- and Nippon TCS Solution Center (NTSC).

TCS will hold 51 percent stake in the unit, while Mitsubishi will hold the remaining 49 percent.

For 2013-14, TCS' net profit was up 37.69 percent to Rs 19,163.8 crore (about USD 3.16 billion) and revenue grew 29.87 percent to Rs 81,809 crore (over USD 13.5 billion).

TCS has been present in Japan since 1987 and continued to invest in Japan by setting up a near-shore facility in Yokohama in 2002 to build local capabilities and a Japan off-shore Delivery Center in Kolkata to provide delivery excellence to its Japanese customers.

Over 1,600 TCS consultants are currently engaged in providing IT, engineering and infrastructu re support and services to Japanese corporations globally. Around 30 percent of TCS' onsite associates in Japan are locals.

TCS Japan had formed a joint venture -- Nippon TCS Solution Center (NTSC) -- in 2012 with Mitsubishi to offer specialised IT services to Japanese corporations.

The Japanese IT services market is estimated to be between USD 110 billion to USD 125 billion in size, but accounts for less than 2 percent of India's software exports because of language and cultural barriers.

PTI

First Published: Monday, April 21, 2014, 21:07

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