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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TestQuest and Wipro Form Global Partnership to Provide Test Automation Solutions
MINNEAPOLIS & BANGALORE, India-- Feb. 10, 2005 --
Alliance Gives Wipro's Global Customer-base a Single Test Automation
Platform to Speed their Mobile Devices and Applications to
Market More Cost Effectively
TestQuest, Inc., the leader in functional test automation
solutions for the mobile and wireless industry, and Wipro
Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited
(NYSE:WIT), today announced a strategic alliance to provide
TestQuest's test automation solutions to Wipro's expanding mobile and
wireless customer base.
The two companies also plan to leverage their respective strengths
to jointly develop innovative, out-of-the-box, targeted test
automation solutions for the mobile and wireless industry. TestQuest's
and Wipro's first joint initiative is the development of a multimedia
messaging service (MMS) automated test solution for one of the world's
largest operators.
"Wipro, a world leader in independent testing and validation
services, will employ TestQuest Pro(TM) - the de facto mobile and
wireless industry standard for functional automation tools - to build
targeted test automation solutions for Wipro's mobile and wireless
customers," said C. Gangadharaiah, vice president, InterOps, Wipro
Technologies.
"In TestQuest, we see a partner who provides Wipro a powerful
solution for conducting tests on the actual device in a real-world,
end-to-end mobile environment across a variety of platforms, devices
and operating systems," said Ramesh Emani, president of Embedded &
Product Engineering, Wipro Technologies. "With our mobile devices
testing expertise and TestQuest's solution, we can provide a single
test automation platform that will help our customers get their mobile
applications and devices to market faster and cost effectively."
"Wipro Technologies' decision to standardize on TestQuest Pro for
its mobile clients is a further tribute to the tangible business value
that TestQuest solutions provide," said Martin Hahn, TestQuest
president and CEO. "This alliance enables us to work with a premier IT
services provider to efficiently serve a growing number of mobile and
wireless companies. It further allows us to pool our respective
strengths to improve the testing process across the entire mobile and
wireless value chain."
Wipro's Interops Solution Group provides testing and quality
assurance services to various technology and enterprise segments,
including financial services, retail, utilities, manufacturing,
telecom and embedded systems and applications. Wipro has seen robust
growth in demand for automated testing and now employs more than 3,000
employees that provide application quality and performance testing
services. In the mobile-wireless space, Wipro supports customers with
base porting, reference design development, mobile system integration,
functional application testing and system testing.
About TestQuest
TestQuest, Inc. delivers automated test solutions for virtually
any application or device in the pervasive computing industry. Our
unique combination of test automation technology, services and
methodology puts value to the test by giving companies a maintainable
automated solution that allows them to reduce test cycle time;
increase coverage; improve test accuracy; and accelerate to market. We
partner with each customer to design, develop and deploy solutions
tailored to meet their specific challenges. A TestQuest solution is
typically implemented within 90 -180 days, with the customer realizing
recognizable ROI the first year. TestQuest is a private, global
company and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. For more information
visit us at www.testquest.com.
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5
certified IT Services Company globally. Wipro provides comprehensive
IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information
systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application
development and maintenance, and research and development services to
corporations globally. In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in
providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India
offering system integration, network integration, software solutions
and IT services. Wipro also has profitable presence in niche market
segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia Pacific and
Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for
global corporations. Wipro's ADSs are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock
Exchange - Mumbai and the National Stock Exchange, among others. More
information is available at www.wipro.com.
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