Etisalat India signs $150 mln outsourcing deal

BANGALORE Oct 20 (Reuters) - Etisalat's ETEL.AD India mobile telecoms unit said on Tuesday it had entered into a five-year outsourcing contract worth $150 million with three Indian companies for back-office services.

Etisalat DB Telecom, which plans to start mobile services in 15 telecoms zones later this year, said Tech Mahindra (TEML.BO), Conflux and Aegis, the back-office arm of India's Essar Group, would set up contact centres to provide customer services. In September, Etisalat DB Telecom had announced the awarding of a $400-million deal spread over 10 years to Tech Mahindra for implementing of its end-to-end IT applications & infrastructure, system integration and managed services. [ID:nBMA005858] (Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Jarshad Kakkrakandy)