Thursday, January 21, 2010

Wipro says Finland ops rejig to impact 85 staff


BANGALORE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Wipro Ltd (WIPR.BO), India's No. 3 software exporter, said on Thursday it was planning to restructure some part of its Finland operations and the move could impact a maximum of 85 people.

The company's IT unit, which employs 300 people in Finland, will start a consultation process with the staff representatives as part of the restructuring of its telecom research and development operations there.

"After carefully considering all possible options, the company has decided to enter into a negotiation process with the employees given the challenging industry situation in telecom R&D," it said in a statement. (Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan)

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