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{mosgoogle}Dell Inc., the world's largest computer maker, said on Monday it will set up its fourth call center in India and scout for land for a planned manufacturing plant in Asia's third-largest economy. Texas-based Dell, which employs more than 10,000 workers in India, along with compatriots like General Electric have set up huge business process outsourcing units in India, home to a vast pool of low cost English-speaking workers. Dell, which also develops software in India, and other companies like Nokia are now setting up Indian manufacturing bases to fuel local market demand in the country's $700-billion economy which is forecast to expand by close to 8 percent in the year to March 2006. "India is not only a resource base for talent, but is now also a market space," Kevin Rollins, Dell's chief executive, told reporters. "Our intent is to be here for the long term. The time is right to consider setting up a manufacturing site in India." India's telecoms and information technology ministry expects planned foreign investment in the booming sectors to double to $22 billion in 2006 as global firms set up bases in the country. Dell also plans to double the 300 product development engineers it now employs in India by 2008. Read the full story at Reuters.
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