Treasurer Peter Costello today urged Telstra to do all it can to secure up to 450 IT jobs, under threat of being exported to India by IBM.
India has moved to enlist the support of its Asian neighbours and friends to lobby against the outsourcing backlash spreading in Western countries, including Australia.
The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
Indian outsourcing and develoment giant Infosys has called for more education on the issue of sending IT work overseas following the media roasting it received over a partnership with Telstra.
A new global software development centre to be established in Melbourne by year's end will initially employ around 100 people, according to Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys.
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The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
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