Intelenet Global Services

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Intelenet Global Services
Company typePrivate
Founded11 October 2000
FoundersTata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)
Headquarters Mindspace, Malad West, ,
Number of locations
70
Key people
Bhupendra(Chief Executive Officer) [1]
Services Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Services
Revenue Rs. 28.10 billion ($420 million) (FY 2014-)
Owner Teleperformance
Number of employees
66,000
Website www.intelenetglobal.com

Intelenet Global Services is a subsidiary of Teleperformance D.I.B.S. [2]

The company's services include omni-channel contact centres, digital transformation, Robotic process automation, AI and analytics, transaction processing, finance & accounting, HRO, and IT to companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and India.

Timeline

Intelenet Global Services was created in October 2000. [3] It started operations in November 2001, as a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) between Tata Consultancy Services and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC).

In July 2004, TCS divested its 50% stake, which was purchased by Barclays Bank Plc, one of Intelenet's biggest clients. By 2006, Intelenet had over 5,000 people with over 20 client relationships.

In 2006, Intelenet ventured into the Indian domestic BPO industry with its acquisition of Sparsh BPO Services from Spanco Telesystems. [4] Today, Intelenet is one of the main players in the domestic BPO market, with excess of 18,000 employees in 10 locations across India. The company provides customer management, outbound sales, and analytics in the banking and financial services, telecom, travel, insurance, retail, and government sectors.

In 2007, Intelenet's management team initiated a management buyout backed by Blackstone Group, a global private equity player. [5] Blackstone Group owns 75.98% of the stake at Intelenet; 19% is held by SKM (Employee) Trust, and 5.02% by Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC).

Additionally in 2007, Intelenet acquired two companies in the travel and IT industries. The first was Upstream, a US-based BPO company with centers in Fargo, North Dakota, Chesapeake, Virginia, and Campbellsville, Kentucky. The second was Travelport ISO, the Indian branch of the Travelport group.

In January 2010, Intelenet opened a delivery center in Kraków, Poland. [6]

In 2014, Intelenet Global Services was acquired by Serco Group PLC. In 2016, Serco (Indian operations) was acquired back by Intelenet Global Services. [7]

In 2018, Intelenet Global Services was acquired by Teleperformance, which is a France-based BPO.

References

  1. "Teleperformance completes USD 1 billion Intelenet acquisition=5 Oct 2018". The Times of India .
  2. "Teleperformance completes USD 1 billion Intelenet acquisition - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. "Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". Investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. "Intelenet to acquire Spanco's Sparsh BPO biz - India Business - Business - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  5. "Deals". VCCircle. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  6. Technology (16 March 2007). "MSN India - Intelenet launches centre in Poland". BPO Watch India. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  7. "Blackstone closes Serco BPO deal, company to rebrand as Intelenet Global Services". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 4 June 2016.[ dead link ]