Fujitsu in Hyderabad

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu is looking for a massive investment in India, both, to market its products and to set up call centres and offshore development centres across the country.
Choi Chee Kong, Fujitsu Asia regional regroup senior vice president, talking to newsmen in Bangalore, declined to indicate the exact quantum of investment, but drew a parallel to an investment of $20 million in China planned for the next two years on platform development programme.
"The investment could be similar to it as we plan large investment in such developing markets," he said, adding that India is considered a major developing centre.
He, however, said the investment figures mentioned for China was outside the investments that could plough into offshore development centres.
He said many Fujitsu group companies were eyeing India for investment in offshore development and call centres. Recently a team had went round the country looking at investment opportunities. A decision would be announced soon, he added.
According to a company official, the first development centre would be set up in Hyderabad by the middle of next year with a seating capacity of nearly 2000. Fujitsu also has a partner in Pune.
Other cities, including Bangalore, Gurgaon and Chennai, were also in the investment net of the company.
Kong, who announced the setting up of the Bangalore office to further strengthen Fujitsu's operations in India, said the company aimed to sell servers to the tune of $12 million over the next 12 months.
The company aimed to garner 5 per cent market share within three years and that would amount to around $60 million, he added.
Besides local enterprise, Fujitsu was looking at selling its servers to multinationals and Japan-based companies setting shop in India.