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Thomson to launch R&D centre by July this year
May 1, 2008: Thomson Asia Ltd, a technology provider to the media, communications and entertainment industries, will set up a research and development centre in Bangalore, which will be operational by the end of July this year in order to expand its interests beyond the basic telephony business. The new centre will start off operations with 150 engineers on its rolls, with plans to ramp up employee strength to 600 engineers by 2010.
The Bangalore centre will be Thomson's eighth worldwide, and will carry out advanced software development for the company's video-centric solutions.
The company has taken its detente with Alcatel a step further by launching basic telephony products under the Alcatel brand in India. Thomson will retail the Alcatel products under its umbrella in 60 cities in India, and is targeting a 10 per cent share of the basic telephony market in the next 12 months.
Thomson is also likely to launch its showpiece Web phone Symbio in India through Unitech soon. The wireless phone comes with Web radio, RSS feeds and built-in radio library.
Source: Business Standard