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AOL sets up development center in Bangalore
By siliconindia staff writer
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Friday, 02 April 2004, 20:30 IST
BANGALORE : US Internet giant America Online, plagued by subscriber losses and American job cuts, is stepping into the software development market where many big companies come to save money: India .
AOL, based in Dulles , Virginia , has set up a software development centre in Bangalore , hiring about a dozen people for now, a company spokesperson said Wednesday. Many other positions have been advertised in local newspapers.
"Our development center will work in close coordination with our global offices in the United States and other locations on a variety of different product initiatives," the company said in a reply to questions from The Associated Press. The spokesperson replying to the questions asked not to be identified.
The world's leading Internet company, which lost 2 million dial-up subscribers in the last two years and laid off hundreds of software developers in Silicon Valley three months ago, advertised in Indian newspapers seeking software developers with varying experience.
The company official did not make a link between AOL's troubles in the United States and its decision to move work to India .
AOL cited "the high pool of professional talent in India " as its attraction to the country. It refused to divulge investment figures or hiring plans.
AOL follows competitors Yahoo! and Google, who also have set up operations in Bangalore to develop software that runs various online services. Activities such as search engine optimisation are also done in such centres.