Samsung India expands software R

Kolkata, May 11: Samsung India, a digital leader, has expanded its R&D Operations in India by setting up a new Software R&D Centre at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and increasing manpower to 400.

A company release here yesterday stated that the Samsung India Software Centre(SISC), which was set up in October 2002 with 15 employees, has been expanded to a set up with 300 employees working for global software requirements in the areas of Analogue and Digital TVs, CDT and LCD Monitors, Camcorders, DVD Players, MP3 Players, Client Server based Displays, Notebook and Desktop PCs.

By this year-end, SISC has planned to grow its team to 400 and further plans to take on more work in the areas of Digital TVs, Next Generation Wireless Technology (WiFi, WiBro etc.), Thin Clients and Home Network Solutions.

This Software Centre, which is one of Samsung's 16 Global R&D Centres is now poised to become the biggest overseas R&D Centre for Digital Media products, Samsung India Software Centre VP (R&D) Dr Vikram Vij.

Samsung India is a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd(SEC) in India.

UNI