The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and Wipro Limited
(NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global Information
Technology, Consulting and Business Process Services
company, today announced that GTAA has entered into a
seven-year strategic IT and Business transformation partnership
with Wipro. GTAA operates Toronto Pearson International Airport,
the largest airport in Canada and the second largest in North
America in terms of international traffic.
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Wipro provides technology services to some of the world’s
largest airports including some of those that topped the 2015
Airport Service Quality (ASQ) rankings. With several offices across
Canada, Wipro is recognized for its innovative approach to
delivering advanced IT solutions and enhanced business value. The
company was selected as the finalist vendor following a competitive
procurement process.
This partnership will transform airport operations, run an
integrated service delivery using airport best practices, create
opportunities for joint innovation by adopting emerging
technologies, and will position Toronto Pearson to evolve into the
world’s leading digital airport.
“As Toronto Pearson continues to grow as a global hub airport,
we remain committed to enhancing our passenger experience through
technological advancements. Achieving our vision of becoming the
best airport in the world will require exceptional technology
solutions, resources and services,” said Martin Boyer, Vice
President and Chief Information Officer, GTAA. “Wipro’s
aviation-centric experience will provide Toronto Pearson with
unique capabilities that improve the airport user experience
through scalable, flexible and resilient digital IT systems, while
consolidating our IT footprint.”
Anand Padmanabhan, President, Energy, Natural Resources,
Utilities & Construction Strategic Business Unit, Wipro
Limited said, “This is a landmark partnership for Wipro and
GTAA. Our expertise brings smart airport concepts and digital
airport technologies with proprietary airport-specific tools and
platforms that will deliver best in class end-to-end
integrated services. We are confident that our airport
domain expertise combined with our skilled talent pool will provide
the GTAA with the reliable and innovative IT solutions that it
needs as one of North America’s fastest growing airports.”
Xavier Diniz, Country Head - Canada, Wipro Limited said,
“Wipro will leverage its innovation lab to provide access to
advanced technologies such as digital, artificial intelligence,
cognitive computing, big data and security technologies. This lab
will showcase cutting-edge platforms and test new concepts before
they go live, and help transform GTAA into a next-gen Digital
Airport, delivering the best quality and value to its customers and
stakeholders.”
The GTAA and Wipro teams are working collaboratively to ensure a
seamless implementation of the new contract in the upcoming
months.
About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading
information technology, consulting and business process services
company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business
better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep
industry experience and a 360 degree view of “Business through
Technology.” By combining digital strategy, customer centric
design, advanced analytics and product engineering approach, Wipro
helps its clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A
company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of
services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate
citizenship, Wipro has a dedicated workforce of over 170,000,
serving clients across 6 continents. For more information, please
visit www.wipro.com.
About the GTAA
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is the operator of
Toronto Pearson International Airport. With 41 million passengers
in 2015, Toronto Pearson is Canada's largest airport, and North
America’s second-largest international passenger airport, as
measured by the total number of annual international passengers.
Toronto Pearson is a hub for the movement of people and goods
across the country and the continent, and also around the
globe.
The focus of the GTAA continues to be on growing Toronto
Pearson's status as an international gateway: enhancing the
customer experience, safety, security, the success of our airline
partners and the regional economy.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of
risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks
and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not
limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our
earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage
growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain
our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract
and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability
to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the
companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of
fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal
restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside
India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general
economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional
risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully
described in our filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We
may, from time to time, make additional written and oral
forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the
company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us
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