TCS wins outsourcing contract worth more than $2 billion UBER TO RE-LAUNCH AUTO SERVICE IN INDIA BY JANUARY END
BENGALURU: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has won its largest information technology (IT) outsourcing deal with an over $2-billion, 10-year contract from a unit of Dutch insurer Aegon NV, assuring India’s largest IT company the fastest revenue growth in three years in 2018-19.
The contract from Transamerica Life Insurance Co. is the second large outsourcing deal won by TCS in the past month, and bigger than the $2.25 billion deal announced when it renewed a partnership with television ratings measurement company Nielsen in December. TCS did not specify the exact value of the contract, but said it was worth more than the Nielsen deal.
TCS’S ability to win such multi-billion-dollar deals should help put an end to its protracted underperformance. TCS reported a 1.3% sequential increase in revenue in constant currency terms (which eliminate the effects of exchange rate fluctuations) during the October-december period, marking the 13th straight quarter that TCS either underperformed or at best managed to match analysts’ estimates.
Significantly, these large deal wins will assuage any investor concerns over TCS’S decision to elevate chief financial officer Rajesh Gopinathan to the chief executive officer’s mantle in February 2017, replacing N Chandrasekaran, who was appointed chairman of Tata Sons Ltd, the group holding company. Cab-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. is re- launching its
Mumbai-based TCS won the Transamerica contract in competition with at least three other global outsourcing companies, including Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., according to a TCS executive who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Under the Transamerica-tcs contract, the deal value will be unevenly spread over the decadelong contract period. This means that TCS, which is expected to end this fiscal year with over $19 billion in revenue, should improve its annual growth rate by at least 1 percentage point in the next fiscal year. This is because TCS stands to make over $200 million in business in the first year from this partnership. TCS needs to add $1.9 billion in new business to clock 10% revenue growth.
“TCS will simplify the service of more than 10 million policies into a single integrated modern platform, and drive greater sustainable growth opportunities ‘AUTO’ service in India, almost two years after shutting down the offering in March 2016, starting with Bengaluru and Pune.
The Us-based company, which is locked in an intense battle with homegrown player Ola, will allow customers to book autorickshaw rides through ‘AUTO’ option on its platform later this month in these two cities.
Ola, which also allows booking autorickshaw rides under ‘Auto’ service, had launched the offering in Bengaluru and Chennai in 2014. Ola Auto is currently operational across 73 cities with over 1.2 lakh autos associated with the company.
An Uber spokesperson said the company had “paused” the service “to see how that side of India’s transport ecosystem evolves”.
“Auto rickshaws are ubiquitous to mobility options in many Indian cities. To expand transportation choices for our riders, we are excited to launch AUTO in Bengaluru and Pune,” the spokesperson said. through superior customer experiences,” said a statement from Transamerica.
As part of this deal, 2,200 employees of Transamerica will join TCS.
“The Transamerica deal is TCS’S biggest deal till date, bigger than the Nielsen deal. Remember, deals like this do not only happen because we have a platform,” TCS chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam told Mint on Friday. “The combined expertise of TCS, of almost every capability of the organization, has come together to help us. And we are extremely proud of what we have achieved.”
“We have invested heavily in our insurance digital platform, TCS BANCS, and our extensive US capabilities, and are proud to partner with Transamerica in its ongoing transformation and welcome the transitioning employees to promising new careers at TCS,” said CEO Gopinathan.