Bangalore

With over six million residents, and as India’s fifth largest city, Bangalore offers the full spectrum of talent. It already boasts over 150,000 employees servicing US and European companies in their back-office. India has become the world’s back office, and Bangalore is India’s Silicon Valley. Similar to the San Jose, CA territory, the climate and the greenery make the city a pleasure to live in.

The government has privatized the major telecom monopolies and competition has seeped into the essence of every business. Thousands of miles of fiber have already been laid and many other companies are building their own networks. Central offices have been upgraded and T1 lines, DSL and cellular phone penetration rates are growing at astounding rates.

It is expected that by 2015, India will have more phone lines than the US. The country is a consumer telecom consumer in the making. With the advent of severe competition, the quality of the telecom infrastructure, the phone and data lines has improved dramatically, and US companies now confidently handle their back-office operations from India.

The investment in thousands of miles of fiber by US companies laid all around the world eventually found a killer app: Bangalore, India.

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