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By Rich Miller
Carrier Hotels Editor
Posted Mar 17, 2004
But TeleGeography's research found that India's international submarine cable capacity has grown from 31 Gbps in 2001 to 541 Gbps by the end of 2004. As that trend accelerates, prices to move data backl and forth from the U.S. to India will head lower. "Inevitably, the increase in capacity and number of competing cable systems will drive down the price of bandwidth to India," said Mauldin. "In other parts of Asia, prices declined by
60 percent or more in the last year- this could easily be repeated on Indian routes for years to come."
With a skilled labor force that speaks English, India has among the prime beneficiaries of the outsourcing trend, with many U.S. companies saving money by "offshoring" tech jobs to Bangalore and other emerging Indian tech hubs.
Managed services market leaders IBM , Hewlett-Packard and EDS have all moved significant chunks of their operations offshore, a trend that has created challenges for U.S.-based firms pursuing IT outsourcing and managed hosting business.
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http://www.carrierhotels.com/news/2004/Mar/17/outsourcing_to_get_cheaper_print.html
Outsourcing To Get Cheaper
By Rich Miller
Carrier Hotels Editor
Posted Mar 17, 2004
Outsourcing technology jobs to India is likely to get even cheaper, as the cost of bandwidth between the U.S. and India is poised to fall dramatically in coming years.
But TeleGeography's research found that India's international submarine cable capacity has grown from 31 Gbps in 2001 to 541 Gbps by the end of 2004. As that trend accelerates, prices to move data backl and forth from the U.S. to India will head lower. "Inevitably, the increase in capacity and number of competing cable systems will drive down the price of bandwidth to India," said Mauldin. "In other parts of Asia, prices declined by
60 percent or more in the last year- this could easily be repeated on Indian routes for years to come."
With a skilled labor force that speaks English, India has among the prime beneficiaries of the outsourcing trend, with many U.S. companies saving money by "offshoring" tech jobs to Bangalore and other emerging Indian tech hubs.
Managed services market leaders IBM , Hewlett-Packard and EDS have all moved significant chunks of their operations offshore, a trend that has created challenges for U.S.-based firms pursuing IT outsourcing and managed hosting business.
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