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.