India's leading software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has won a five-year contract from Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA). SIA Cargo, factually, is fourth largest cargo airlines in the world in terms of weight carrying.  However, the size of the deal has not been disclosed. It is believed that the deal may be worth over 100 million dollars.

 

Girija Pandey, Executive Vice-President and Regional Director (TCS Asia Pacific), said that Singapore Airlines and TCS have always enjoyed a long lasting relationship which can be termed more as a partnership in progress rather than a customer-service provider relationship. Admittedly, in the year 2004, SIA had outsourced its back-office revenue A/C processes to the TCS.

 

Reports published in media show the deal another achievement in terms of outsourcing. According to them the top Indian outsourcing companies Infosys, Wipro and TCS are more frequently being invited to bid for large deals now. These Indian firms now are increasingly competing against other top players in the world such as IBM, Accenture and EDS for mammoth deals globally.