HCL
INFOSYSTEMS REPORTS CONSOLIDATED REVENUE OF Rs. 2968.9 CRORES (USD 664.5 Mn) FOR
THE QUARTER ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2006. PAT IS Rs. 76.0 CRORES(USD 17.0 Mn), GROWS
AT 19%.
New Delhi,
January 24, 2007:
HCL Infosystems Ltd, India's premier Information enabling company today announced
its un-audited results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006. All HCL Beanstalk PCs in this range are ready for Windows Vista - the new generation software standard, soon to be launched. This new range of PCs from HCL uses Intel's Core 2 Extreme processors to deliver immense speed and responsiveness for digital media creation, high-end gaming and is aimed at market segments, which crave absolute performance. With this range - HCL Infosystems Ltd., created marketing history in the Indian hardware sector - by becoming the first-ever PC brand to be pre-launched on select websites - before hitting the shelves of various stores nationwide. HCL increased its stronghold in the growing Indian retail industry by emerging as the number one vendor of 'Point of Sales '(PoS) solutions in India. HCL PoS offerings saw a boost with launch of 4 new models, including HCL Ambience (XP, XL & Light) and an Electronic Cash Register for low-end single shop owners. In partnership with Toshiba, HCL introduced in India the world's first range of eco-efficient consumer and business notebooks that are compliant with European Union (EU) RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive. Redefining standards of digital lifestyle retailing, HCL has expanded its chain of exclusive Digital Lifestyle showrooms to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Ambala, Kanpur, Palwal this quarter, taking the total number of outlets to 29, all over the nation. HCL, besides being the "country's first" for concurrent global launches of the latest computing technologies for the Indian Enterprise, launched its innovative & groundbreaking 60-second PC restoration technology EC2 this quarter. EC2 is a technology primarily designed to minimize a system's downtime by protecting it from unwanted and unpredictable changes & vulnerabilities of the system's configuration, operating system, software settings, parameter settings etc. caused by viruses, user's error, system crashes etc. The new 'non-stop series' of HCL 'Leaptop' notebooks are being shipped out with EC2 technology, a tremendous value-addition for notebook buyers. In the enterprise segment HCL continued to win orders from leading players across major industry verticals, enabling them to leverage ICT to enhance their efficiencies & concentrate on their core business and serve their customers better. Large projects completed include Andaman & Nicobar computerization of schools across 40 locations & 20 islands, Project for a leading bank involving implementation of core banking hardware & servers in branches across 18 islands and computerization in all departments of Andaman & Nicobar administration. In the SMB segment, HCL partnered with ICICI to provide complete ICT solutions to small & medium enterprises, with an array of customized finance options. HCL organized an activity called SME knowledge series to reach out to the SME segment. Several such events are planned in the next few months. In the office automation space, HCL continued to bag several orders for MFDs, copiers & printers from leading Corporates, Govt. & Hospitality segments. HCL announced a tie-up with Nipson for high-end digital production printers, with application in book printing, transactional printing and security printing this quarter. The overall telecommunication segment witnessed a healthy growth over the corresponding quarter last year. The quarter saw some of the major wins for Voice, Video Conferencing & Broadcast solutions from new customers across diverse verticals coupled with good repeat business from existing customers. HCL launched new Apple iPod models in the country this quarter; including iPod Shuffle 1GB in new shapes & sizes, iPod nano with colour variants in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB memory capacity and iPods in 30GB, 80GB. Apple also released the iPod shuffle 512MB exclusively through HCL at attractive price. Awards and Recognitions: About HCL Infosystems HCL Infosystems, with revenue (TTM) of US$ 2.7 billion (Rs. 12,155 crores), is India's premier information enabling and system integration company. HCL offers products and infrastructure solutions in the fields of computing, communication, networking, office automation, broadcasting and imaging. It has partnerships with leading global players like Intel, AMD, Toshiba, Bull, Ericsson, Cisco, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, Computer Associates, Casio, Symantec and Konica Minolta among others. HCL has a direct sales, channel sales and retail sales network pan India. HCL has a support of 360+ customer service centers and four ISO 9001 certified state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. HCL Infosystems has pan India presence across metros and non-metros. With a mission to provide world-class information technology solutions and services to enable its customers to serve their customers better, HCL Infosystems is forever setting new standards of IT in the country. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in About HCL Enterprise: HCL Enterprise is a leading global technology and IT enterprise with revenues (TTM) of US $ 3.8 billion (Rs. 17,376 crores). The HCL Enterprise comprises two companies listed in India - HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. The 3-decade-old enterprise, founded in 1976, is India's original IT garage start-up. Its range of offerings span Product Engineering, Technology and Application Services, BPO, Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products. The HCL team comprises 43,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 16 countries including 360 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information please visit us at www.hcl.in | ||||||