| indiaBPOking 2006-09-20, 3:58 am |
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Internet major Yahoo! will recruit another 200 software engineers at
its research and development centre in Bangalore, taking the total
headcount to 1,000 by the end of 2006.
The addition in headcount is due to growth potential available in the
country, and looking at the country as a development centre for the
world.
Yahoo is looking at increasing the total number of engineers to 1,000
from the present 800.
Yahoo! India is no more focusing on the country alone, but will
products for around the world and lead in technological advances,"
global Chief Operating Officer Daniel Rosensweig told reporters in
Mumbai on Tuesday.
India is the second biggest development centre for the company, and it
also employs 10 per cent of the company's total workforce.
The company is looking at developing a mobile browser at the Bangalore
centre, while newer products would be rolled out from the centre in the
next 3 to 4 months.
The Bangalore centre was set up originally as an engineering centre,
and now it has become one of the company's prestigious research and
innovation wings, he said.
Rosensweig, who is on his first visit to India, claims that the company
has garnered 85 per cent of the total Internet users in the country.
Yahoo is also looking at launching mobile products in India that would
be customised for the country's market.
Yahoo, which had earlier made an equity investment of $8.65 million in
Bharatmatrimony.com, would look similar investments in the country.
These investments would be made depending on the opportunities that
araise, even as is open to acquiring companies that fit it into its
game plan, he said.
He, however, did not elaborate on this.
At present, Yahoo has a user base that has garnered 1 out of every 2
Internet users and is looking at increasing its presence across the
globe through an aggressive growth foray.
Rosensweig said Yahoo was growing faster than the net, with its e-mail,
instant messenger and search services being the most in demand.
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