19. Mahindra British Telecom

Formed as a joint venture, MBT is today a powerhouse of telecom software
development and consulting skills with over 3,000 professionals. Rated among the
top three system integration and consulting companies from India by the Gartner
Group, the company operates in six development centres.

The company has recorded an impressive performance for the FY 2000-01 by
posting a turnover of Rs 388.49 crore, showing a growth of 51 percent over the
previous year, while net profit grew 53 percent to reach Rs. 99.1 crore.

MBT’s business expertise covers areas, such as telecom, Internet,
e-business and mobility computing. Services include turnkey software projects,
development and maintenance of software solutions, product development, IT consulting services, software
re-engineering, application outsourcing, systems integration, facilities
management, database conversion, Internet-based development, business process
re-engineering, QMS
management, etc.

MBT has established centres of excellence in intelligent network, network
management, data engineering, legacy renewal, modeling and simulation,
e-business, mobility computing and information appliances, and organizational
learning. The company has plans to go public during the current fiscal and is in
the process of setting up a software development center at Bangalore.