MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

05.01.2011

 

 

Note: Given address could not be confirmed.

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LARSEN AND TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

L AND T INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 

 

 

Registered Office :

L and T House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra.

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2009

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.12.1996

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-104693

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U72900MH1996PLC104693

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUML04432B

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACL1681P

 

 

Legal Form :

A closely held Public Limited Liability Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Providing Global IT Services and Solutions.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A (63)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 23000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established company having fine track. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – April 1, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2009)

Current Rating

(01.04.2010)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED BY

 

Name :

Mr. Vinay

Designation :

Accountant

Date :

21.09.2010

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

L and T House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra, India. 

Tel. No.:

91-22-67525656

Fax No.:

91-22-67525858

E-Mail :

shekhar.prabhudesai@intinfotech.com

 

 

Branches :

Located At:

 

  • Mumbai
  • Bengaluru
  • Chennai
  • Pune
  • Mysore
  • Vadodara

 

 

Overseas Office:

Located At

 

  • USA
  • Canada
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Korea
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Middle East
  • Dubai
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Qatar
  • Oman
  • Australia
  • New Zealand 

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 18.08.2009

 

Name :

Mr. Anilkumar Manibhai Naik

Designation :

Director

Address :

High Trees, 54, Pali Hill, Bandra (West), Mumbai-400050, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

09.06.1942

Date of Appointment :

23.12.1996

 

 

Name :

Mr. Yeshwant Moreshwar Deosthalee

Designation :

Director

Address :

1001, Prabhu Kutir, 15, Altamount Road, Mumbai-400026, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

06.09.1946

Date of Appointment :

23.12.1996

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ram Nath Mukhija

Designation :

Director

Address :

501, Varsha Juhu Road, Janki Kutir, Juhu, Mumbai-400049, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

05.02.1944

Date of Appointment :

13.08.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vijay Kumar Magapu

Designation :

Director

Address :

402, Verona, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai-400076, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

12.06.1945

Date of Appointment :

13.08.2004

 

 

Name :

Mr. Samir Thakorbhai Desai

Designation :

Director

Address :

7050 NW, 126 Terrace, Parkland, Florida Na-33076, USA

Date of Birth/Age :

26.08.1946

Date of Appointment :

27.01.2007

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rama S. Iyer

Designation :

Director

Address :

Flat No. 32, Rashmi Swarna, Kutir Premises Co-Operative Society, Demonte Park Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai-400050, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

19.08.1939

Date of Appointment :

25.10.2007

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Vijay Kumar Magapu

Designation :

Manager

Address :

402, Verona, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai-400076, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

12.06.1945

Date of Appointment :

22.02.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shekhar Sharad Prabhudesai

Designation :

Secretary

Address :

8, Asmani, Kopar Road, Shastri Nagar, Dombivli (West), Thane-421202, Maharashtra, India.

Date of Birth/Age :

13.03.1970

Date of Appointment :

19.03.2001

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vinay

Designation :

Accountant

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 18.08.2009

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

29999988

Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2250000

Naik Manibhai Anilkumar and Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

Deosthalee Moreshwar Yeshwant and Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

Nayak Pandurang Jagdish and Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

Mukhija Nath Ram and Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

Krishnamurthi Venkataramanan and Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

Magapu Apparao Vijaykumar and La Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India

 

2

 

 

 

Total

 

32250000

 

As on 18.08.2009

 

Equity Share Breakup

 

Percentage of Holding

Category

 

 

Bodies corporate

 

100.00

Total

 

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Providing Global IT Services and Solutions.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers:

  • Hitachi
  • Sanyo
  • Flowserve
  • Lafarge
  • Sunoco

 

 

No. of Employees :

60000 (Approximately) (Confirmed by the Operator)

 

 

Bankers :

  • ABN Amro Bank
  • Bank of America
  • Citibank Australia
  • Citibank South Korea
  • Citibank New Jersey
  • Citibank NA Paris
  • Citibank Singapore
  • Citibank Philippines (PHP)
  • Citibank Philippines (USD)
  • Danske Bank, Denmark
  • Corporation Bank, Veena Chambers, 21 Dalal Street, Mumbai-400026, Maharashtra, India.

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

As on 31.03.2009 (Rs. In Millions)

Term loans from bank

474.601

Other loans from banks

747.200

Total

1221.801

 

 

Unsecured Loan

 

Lease Finance (Due within one year Rs.0.655 million)

0.655

Total

0.655

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Mr. Firdosh D. Buchia

Chartered Accountant

Address :

Ravindra Annexe, 194, Churchgate Reclamation, Dinshaw Vachha Road, Mumbai-400020, Maharashtra, India.

 

 

Holding Company:

  • Larsen and Torbro Limited

 

 

Fellow Subsidiary:

  • Tractor Engineers Limited
  • L and T Finance Limited

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

  • Larsen and Toubro Infotech GmbH
  • Larsen and Toubro Infotech Canada Limited
  • GDA Technologies Inc.
  • GDA Technologies Limited (U72200TZ1997PLC008145)
  • GDA System Private Limited (U17219TZ199PTC008990)

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 18.08.2009

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

32750000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.163.750 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

32250000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.161.250 Millions

 

As on 31.03.2009

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

32750000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.163.750 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

32250000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.161.250 Millions

 

Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

30000000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.150.000 Millions

2250000

Equity Shares

Rs.5/- each

Rs.8.437 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs.158.437 Millions


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

158.437

157.200

154.950

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

5738.208

5370.882

3173.180

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

5896.645

5528.082

3328.130

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

1221.801

993.534

876.392

2] Unsecured Loans

0.655

1.988

4.531

TOTAL BORROWING

1222.456

995.522

880.923

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

DEFERRED PURCHASE CONSIDERATION PAYABLE

342.360

423.343

652.050

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

7461.461

6946.947

4861.103

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

1647.753

1552.138

1311.637

Capital work-in-progress

67.229

26.722

63.282

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

2229.275

1918.433

1227.263

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

7.404

16.982

5.786

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

Sundry Debtors

4161.961

3489.292

2793.398

 

Cash & Bank Balances

1115.417

538.052

304.981

 

Other Current Assets

624.513

500.215

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

2224.937

1735.942

1257.022

Total Current Assets

8126.828

6263.501

4355.401

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

3495.083

1386.043

 

Other Current Liabilities

294.156

489.130

1666.924

 

Provisions

827.789

955.656

435.342

Total Current Liabilities

4617.028

2830.829

2102.266

Net Current Assets

3509.800

3432.672

2253.135

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

7461.461

6946.947

4861.103

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

19508.381

16494.636

12780.832

 

 

Other Income

245.246

81.324

33.752

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

19753.627

16575.960

12814.584

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and bonus

9126.832

7698.157

6500.444

 

 

Payment of auditors

2.550

2.063

1.142

 

 

Insurance expenses

28.900

36.849

34.194

 

 

Power and fuel

226.449

188.672

129.440

 

 

Other expenditure

6938.236

5822.971

4086.629

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

16322.967

13748.713

10751.849

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

3430.660

2827.247

2062.735

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

82.806

25.720

29.242

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                                       (E)

3347.854

2801.527

2033.493

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

453.590

372.519

328.356

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

2894.264

2429.008

1705.137

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

246.046

317.723

193.816

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

2648.218

2111.285

1511.321

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

2995.992

1287.750

547.529

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Interim dividend

158.027

0.000

150.055

 

 

Proposed final dividend

0.000

156.454

0.000

 

 

Tax on dividend

26.857

26.589

21.045

 

 

Transfer to general reserve

289.225

220.000

600.000

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

5170.101

2995.992

1287.750

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Software Exports

19000.029

15232.742

NA

 

 

Other Earnings

110.373

14.130

NA

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

19110.402

15246.872

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods

95.129

383.250

NA

 

 

Others

39.829

22.457

NA

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

134.958

405.707

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

83.79

67.48

NA

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2009

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

PAT / Total Income

(%)

13.41

12.74

11.79

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

14.84

14.73

13.34

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

29.61

31.08

30.09

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.49

0.44

0.51

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

9.95

0.69

0.90

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.76

1.82

2.07

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Details of Sundry Creditors:

 

Particulars

 

31.03.2009

(Rs. in millions)

31.03.2008

(Rs. in millions)

Sundry Creditors

3495.083

1386.043

 

Bankers Charges Report as per Registry

 

This form is for

Modification of charge

Charge identification number of the modified 

90164342

Corporate identity number of the company

U72900MH1996PLC104693

Name of the company

LARSEN AND TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED

Address of the registered office or of the principal place of  business in India of the company

L and T House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra, India. 

Type of charge

Movable Property (not being pledge)

Particular of charge holder

Corporation Bank, Veena Chambers, 21 Dalal Street, Mumbai-400026, Maharashtra, India.

Email

cb0024@corpbank.co.in

Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge

Supplemental Common Deed of hypothecation of Movable Assets  dated April 25, 2010 entered between Larsen and Toubro Infotech Limited and the Corporation Bank stating modified terms.

Date of instrument Creating the charge

25.04.2010

Amount secured by the charge

Rs.250.000 Millions

Brief particulars of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge

Rate of Interest

13.5%

 

Terms of Repayment

Repayment made shall be appropriated towards

 

- Firstly towards the reimbursement of the costs/expenses incurred by the bank

- Secondly towards the interest in arrears

- Lastly towards principal amount

 

Extent and Operation of the charge

Exclusive first charge created on movable fixed assets of the Company to the extent of Rs. 250.000 Millions only.

Short particulars of the property charged

Movable fixed assets to the extent of Rs 250.000 Millions.

Date of latest modification prior to the present modification

19.03.2003

Particulars of the present modification 

By this modification the Company has been granted additional facilities of Rs. 105.000 Millions  thereby increasing the total facilities to Rs. 250.000 Millions from existing Rs. 145.000 Millions

 

Fixed Assets:

 

  • Buildings
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Computers
  • Furniture and Fixtures
  • Vehicles
  • Software
  • Business Rights

 

AS PER WEBSITE DETAILS:

 

OVERVIEWS:

 

Subject is a global IT services and solutions provider. They provide the winning edge to their clients by leveraging their Business-to-IT Connect and deeply committed people. Their clients include industry leaders like Chevron, Freescale, Hitachi, Sanyo and Lafarge, among others. They have found in us a right-size partner who combines scale, stability and customer-centricity

 

Their  parent company is Larsen and Toubro Limited  (L and T), a technology, engineering, manufacturing and construction conglomerate, with global operations. This rich corporate heritage has given us many inherent advantages that we translate into tangible benefits for their clients.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

 

 

A M Naik

Land T: Chairman and  Managing Director

Land T Infotech: Chairman



Mr. A.M. Naik mirrors the values of the organizations he heads - professionalism, dynamism and high ethical values. He joined Land T as a Junior Engineer in 1965, and was rapidly given positions of increasing responsibility. He was appointed Managing Director and  Chief Executive Officer of Land T on April 28, 1999. On December 30, 2003, he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Land T. He successfully led the Company through some of its most challenging times, and enabled it to emerge stronger each time.


His broad global perspective has seen the Company expand its horizons beyond domestic borders, and position itself to become a global player.


Mr. A.M. Naik heads an organisation that is among the most admired companies in India, reputed for the technological excellence that characterises its projects and products, for its contribution to the development of indigenous engineering capabilities and, for its inherent professionalism and value systems.

 

Y M Deosthalee

Land T: Whole-time Director and  Chief Financial Officer

Land T Infotech: Director



Mr. Y.M. Deosthalee is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in law. He joined Larsen and  Toubro Limited in 1974 and has been with the company since then. In March 1995, he was appointed on the Board of Directors of Larsen and  Toubro Limited as Sr.Vice President (Finance). He is currently designated as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. His portfolio includes Finance and  Accounts, Personnel and  HR and Information Technology.


Mr. Deosthalee is also on the Board of several Subsidiary and  Associate Companies of the Land T Group of Companies. He is the the Founding Trustee of the newly formed Land T Public Charitable Trust, a major CSR initiative of the Company.

 

R N Mukhija

Land T: Whole-time Director and  President (Electrical and Electronics)

Land T Infotech: Director



Mr. R. N. Mukhija is President (Operations) and  Member of the Board of Larsen and  Toubro Limited, Mumbai. As a whole time director on the board, he is involved in policies and strategy formulation, projecting Land T's capabilities to external stakeholders, business community and society, liaison with Government agencies at Ministerial level for policies affecting Land T. He is a member of the Investors' Grievance Committee.


He is in-charge of the company's Electrical and  Electronics Division, which has six Businesses namely Electrical Standard Products (ESP), Electrical Systems and  Equipment (ESE), Petroleum Dispensing Pumps (PDP), Metering and  Protection Systems (MPS), Medical Equipment and  Systems (MED), and Control and  Automation (Cand A). These business units are located in different locations like Mumbai, Mysore, Faridabad, Ahmednagar, Coimbatore and Wuxi (China).


As the head of the Electrical and  Electronics Division, he is involved in strategy formulation and ensuring implementation of periodic plans. He is presently steering the Division to a high growth path with an emphasis on exports, performance excellence, HR initiatives and  IT strategy. For most of the businesses, leadership position and  high Brand Equity have been created in the domestic market where he has played and  continues to play a significant role.

 

V. K. Magapu

Land T: Whole-time Director and  Senior Executive Vice President (IT and  Technology services)

Land T Infotech: Director


Mr. Vijay Kumar Magapu, Whole-time Director and  Member of the Board, Larsen and  Toubro Limited (Land T), is a Director of Larsen and  Toubro Infotech Limited , the wholly-owned subsidiary of Land T.


Under his leadership, Land T Infotech adopted an aggressive business development drive that resulted in key strategic alliances and the establishment of multiple Offshore Development Centers for global clients. Mr. Magapu was also responsible for several initiatives to secure quality certifications and assessment levels that are among the most sought after in the IT industry.


In his capacity as Land T's Chief Information Officer and e-Commerce Officer, Mr. Magapu helped to devise and implement IT strategies across the Company.


Mr. Magapu joined Land T as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1966, and rapidly rose to assume positions of responsibility in materials management, production planning, design and various functions in marketing. In 1985, Mr. Magapu took charge of Land T's newly set up Hazira Works and oversaw the development and expansion of this heavy engineering complex. Later, he was elevated to the post of Executive Vice President responsible for the Company's power project business before being appointed Chief Executive of Larsen and  Toubro Infotech Limited  in the year 2000.


An alumnus of IIT, Chennai, Mr. Magapu holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Science from the University of Calgary, Canada. He possesses valuable international experience in various roles such as international marketing, HRD and personnel and technology consulting.

 

S T Desai

Independent Director


Samir T. "Sam" Desai was with Motorola for more than 30 years. He has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for iDEN Networks and Devices, which includes iDEN mobile devices and iDEN Infrastructure, under Motorola's Network Business.


As General Manager, Mr. Desai provided senior leadership and focus for the iDEN business and its relationships with its carrier customers. This appointment was a continuance of Mr. Desai's successful history with Motorola's iDEN business, which he founded in the early 1990's. Mr. Desai was instrumental in growing the business to what it is today and forming its strategic partnership with Nextel. iDEN technology is used by Nextel and other carriers, including Southern LINC, Nextel Partners, Boost Mobile and NII Holdings, to provide wireless communication services that include push-to-talk-two-way radio service.


Mr. Desai served as Motorola's Chief Information Officer from 2002 to 2004 and Senior Vice President and deputy to the President of the Motorola Personal Devices Business from 2001 to 2002. As CIO, Mr. Desai was responsible for driving an aggressive three-pronged strategy to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and technology transformation. In just one year, Mr. Desai's three-pronged strategy led to a 50 percent efficiency increase in operating budget and established a standard across the enterprise and governance structure within Motorola's Information Technology. Furthermore, under Mr. Desai's leadership, the Personal Devices Business experienced tremendous growth and stability with improved engineering and quality performance while successfully shipping a vast number of Platform 2000 products.

 

Dr. S R Iyer

Independent Director



Dr. S. Rama Iyer has four decades of involvement with Process Technology, Design Engineering, Project Management and Construction Management of large projects both in India and abroad.


He brings with him vast experience in providing IT enabled engineering services for major projects both in India and abroad for a wide range of industries from oil and gas to petrochemicals, metals and synthetic fibres.

He joined Davy Powergas India in 1965 as a Project Engineer and rose to assume senior positions in that Company.  Prior to joining Land T Infotech as an Independent Director, he served as Executive Chairman of Aker Kvaerner Powergas Limited (Previously Davy Powergas). During his tenure, he built a large customer base with a high level of customer satisfaction leading to substantial repeat business. Turnover and profits of Aker Kvaerner Powergas Limited multiplied several fold since his assuming the position of Managing Director in 1987.


He is also credited for building a young team by employing and training graduate engineers from mid eighties.

An alumnus of IIT, Mumbai, Dr. Iyer holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has completed his M.Tech and Ph.D from IIT Mumbai.


Besides being a recipient of the 'Distinguished Alumnus' award of IIT Mumbai, Dr.Iyer has been honoured with an 'Achiever of the year' award by Chemtech Foundation in 2003 and 'Business Leader of the year' award by Chemtech Foundation in 2005.  In addition to Land T Infotech, Dr. Iyer has been associated with several other companies in the capacity of Director and Chairman.

 

News:

 

Land T Infotech completes Interoperability Tests of LTE-UE with Trillium eNodeB software

 

Bengaluru, August 18, 2010: Land  T Infotech announced today that its LTE User Equipment (UE) Stack has successfully been validated in interoperability tests (IOT) with Trillium® LTE eNodeB software from Continuous Computing®, the global provider of integrated platform solutions that address the mobile broadband capacity challenge.

 

LTE or Long Term Evolution, is a new high performance air interface standard for cellular mobile communication systems. It is the last step towards the 4G generation of radio technologies and is aimed to be the successor to the current 3G technologies like UMTS. The LTE-UE Stack is intended for devices such as standalone/multi-mode or tethered mode wireless handsets, data cards, USB wireless modems, laptops and ultra mobile PCs.

 

Land T Infotech had previously announced the availability of the LTE-UE protocol stack, compliant to March 2009 3GPP Release 8 LTE specifications, as part of their IP portfolio. The LTE UE solution supports both TDD and FDD (time and frequency division duplexing) modes of operation and is verified for UE conformance by using the TTCN3 work bench. The stack offers complete L2 and L3 protocol layers with ATCMD support for application integration.

 

The LTE-UE offering comes from Land T Infotechs Product Engineering Services Business Unit. With strong focus on Access (wireless, wireline), Transport, Core Networks and Services Layer, Land  T Infotech offers product development support for clients and partners to meet time-to-market requirements. Some key services offerings include CDMA 2000, 1X, EVDO, UMTS, xG-PHS, WiMAX and LTE network infrastructure development ranging from system engineering and protocol stack development to product re-engineering and field support services. L and T Infotech also provides end-to-end software services to handset OEMs, ODMs, semiconductor vendors, ISVs, mobile entertainment and   media companies and operators. The companys expertise cuts across all the layers of mobile devices ranging from physical/ hardware layer, OS, device drivers, protocol stacks, middleware components, MMI framework up to application layer.

 

The L and T Infotech LTE-UE and Trillium LTE eNodeB IOT included validation of end-to-end call scenarios including both TDD and FDD variants of LTE. Continuous Computings LTE Core Network Emulators (CNE) served as the core network and the companies successfully completed testing between the NAS (network access stratum)-level messaging in the LTE-UE and the CNEs Mobility Management Entity (MME) element. Based on this IOT activity, Land  T Infotech and Continuous Computing offer clients, a validated ecosystem that can help accelerate early trials and deployments as well as ensure interoperability in the early LTE marketplace.

 

“The successful validation of LTE-UE in Interoperability Tests with award-winning Trillium LTE eNodeB software proves the compliance of the LTE-UE Stack to the 3GPP release 8 standards. Continuous Computing is the global leader in network access, edge and core protocol software stacks and we are happy to have demonstrated interoperability with their Trillium LTE product family.” says Mr. Isaac Sundarajan, Executive Vice President and Head of Product Engineering Services (PES) Business Unit, Land  T Infotech. “This achievement further strengthens our commitment to provide high-quality solutions in the telecom space and to enable our clients deliver world-class products.”

 

“While the availability of LTE-based user equipment is limited in todays early LTE markets, we are committed to driving interoperability between our Trillium LTE software and the entire UE ecosystem,” said Mr. Manish Singh, Vice President of Product Line Management, Continuous Computing. “L and T Infotechs offering is aimed squarely at enabling a growing community of UE providers to expedite their time-to-market capabilities and quickly take advantage of emerging LTE market opportunities.”

 

About L and  T Infotech

 

Larsen and   Toubro Infotech Limited (L and T Infotech), one of the fastest growing IT Services companies, is ranked by NASSCOM among the top software and   services exporters from India. Ranked among 2009 „Leaders in the prestigious Global 100 list by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of US $ 9.8 billion Larsen and   Toubro, Indias leading engineering, manufacturing and   financial services organization, Land  T Infotech is differentiated by its unique Business-to-IT Connect, which is a result of its rich corporate heritage.

 

Ranked No. 5 globally among the Best IT Services Providers by Global Services in 2009, we offer comprehensive, end-to-end software solutions and services in the following industry verticals: Banking and   Financial Services; Insurance; Energy and   Petrochemicals; Manufacturing (Consumer Packaged Goods/ Retail, High-tech, Industrial Products, Automotive) and Product Engineering Services (Telecom). Our new emerging verticals include Media and   Entertainment and Life Sciences and   Healthcare. We also deliver business solutions to our clients in the following horizontals/Service Lines: SAP, Oracle, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing, Consulting and Business Process Services. Our other Service offerings are: Business Analytics, Legacy Modernization, Applications Outsourcing, Architecture Consulting, PLM and Service Oriented Architecture.

 

 

 L and T Infotech and PROS announce Global Strategic Partnership

 

PROS expands partner ecosystem with leading international systems Integrator

Houston/Mumbai, July 27, 2010: Larsen and   Toubro Infotech Limited (Land  T Infotech), a leading international systems integrator headquartered in Mumbai, India, and PROS, the world leader in business-to-business pricing and margin optimization software, have announced a global strategic partnership agreement. The partnership will combine L and  T Infotechs deep domain expertise in SAP, Oracle and Microsoft platforms with PROS advanced pricing technology to help clients implement pricing solutions and strategies that drive growth, margins, and agility.

 

“L and T Infotech and PROS have already joined forces to successfully implement global pricing solutions,” said Mr. Sudip Banerjee, CEO of L and T Infotech. “Our formal partnership agreement is a natural outgrowth of our successful relationship and enables each company to complement the others strengths in providing leading pricing strategies and solutions to clients throughout the world.”

 

L and T Infotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of $9.8 billion, Larsen and   Toubro Limited , is one of the top software services exporters in India. Land T Infotech will contribute its expertise to implementations of PROS Pricing Solution Suite, the market leading pricing technology that provides a set of integrated software tools and supporting services that improve financial performance through better prices, better processes, and better decisions. L and T Infotech has already certified several consultants on the installation of PROS products and is training more. According to executives at both companies, the strategic partnership will initially focus on the manufacturing and energy industries.

 

“This partnership continues to expand PROS growing ecosystem of outstanding partners to ensure that our solutions scale to meet customer demands at a global level,” said Mr. Bert Winemiller, Chairman and CEO of PROS. “It is strategic partnerships with integrators such as L and T Infotech that enable us to continue accelerating the time it takes for our customers to realize the value of our technology and ensures that they maximize return on investment”

 

About L and T Infotech

 

Ranked No. five globally among the Best IT Services Providers by Global Services in 2009, Larsen and   Toubro Infotech Limited (Land  T Infotech) offers comprehensive, end-to-end software solutions and services in the following industry verticals: Banking and   Financial Services; Insurance; Energy and   Petrochemicals; Manufacturing (Consumer Packaged Goods/ Retail, High-tech, Industrial Products, Automotive) and Product Engineering Services (Telecom). Its new emerging verticals include Media and   Entertainment and Life Sciences and   Healthcare. L and T Infotech also delivers business solutions to clients in the following Horizontals/Service Lines: SAP, Oracle, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing, Consulting and Business Process Services. L and T Infotechs other Service offerings are: Business Analytics, Legacy Modernization, Applications Outsourcing, Architecture Consulting, PLM and Service Oriented Architecture.

 

L and T Infotech is ranked by NASSCOM among the top software and   services exporters from India in 2009. Ranked among 2009 „Leaders in the prestigious Global 100 list by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of US $ 9.8 billion Larsen and   Toubro, Indias leading engineering, manufacturing and   financial services organization, Land  T Infotech is differentiated by its unique Business-to-IT Connect, which is a result of its rich corporate heritage.

 

 

About PROS

 

PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a leading provider of pricing and margin optimization software products, specializing in price analytics, price execution, and price optimization. By using PROS' software products, companies gain insight into their pricing strategies, identify pricing-based profit leaks, optimize their pricing decision making and improve their business processes and financial performance. PROS' software products implement advanced pricing science, which includes operations research, forecasting and statistics. PROS high performance software architecture supports real-time high volume transaction processing and allows PROS to handle the processing and database requirements of the most sophisticated and largest customers, including customers with hundreds of simultaneous users and sub-second electronic transactions.

PROS provides professional servicesto configure its software products to meet the specific pricing needs of each customer. PROS has implemented over 300 solutions across a range of industries in more than 40 countries.

Founded in 1985, PROS is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, PROS has over 350 employees, more than 100 with advanced degrees and over 25 with Ph.D.s. To learn more about PROS, please visit www.prospricing.com.

 

Forward-looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the functionality of the PROS products and their ability to manage and forecast across an enterprise. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon PROS' historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations, and are not a representation that such plans, estimates or expectations will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include PROS' ability to develop new products and product enhancements with the required functionality desired and PROS' ability to implement and support successfully its products to the expectations of its customers. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting the PROS business is contained in PROS' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent PROS' expectations as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.84

UK Pound

1

Rs.69.32

Euro

1

Rs.59.79

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

7

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

7

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions

This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.