AT&T, one of the foremost providers in the US and the sole provider of the iPhone, is targeting India as it seeks to expand its consumer mobile phone operations outside America.

AT&T is keen to expand overseas, particularly in emerging markets such as India and the Middle East.

“We are looking at India because it has very attractive growth opportunities,” Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T’s mobile business, reported Financial Times.

Wipro Infotech — India, Middle East & Asia Pacific IT business unit of Wipro– announced that it has won a $50 million 5 year outsourcing contract from Pantaloon Retail.

• Pantaloon operates over 1000 outlets across 53 Indian cities.

Wipro Infotech would be responsible for rolling out and managing IT operations across all Pantaloon outlets. The company will deliver infrastructure management and application support services, managed security services and data centre hosting, operations & management services.