Wipro and O2 Germany Announce Strategic Engagement

A Testing Out-Tasking Partnership to Provide Improved Productivity, Reduced Cost, Higher Quality and Faster Time to Market

BANGALORE, India, December 17 - Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro
Limited [NYSE:WIT], announced that it has entered into a partnership for an
Out-tasking of Testing Services initiative with Telefonica O2 Germany, a
leading European telecommunications company. The scope of this partnership
will involve Wipro Germany supporting the testing operations of O2, and
transforming the same through process improvement.

Wipro will provide complete suite of solutions including Test
Analysis, Management and Execution, Deployment and Integration and
Implementation Management services for the testing IT stack of O2. Through
this engagement, O2 benefits from Wipro's diverse experience in Telecom,
access to global delivery, diverse skills, increased automation and improved
Test processes, leading to overall improvement in test effectiveness and
reduction of costs.

"We are pleased to partner with Wipro. We are confident that
Wipro's leadership in Telecom & Independent validation services for the
growing German telecommunications market will also enable our transformation
journey. There is a great similarity in Wipro's and O2's approach towards
innovation and delivery of superior experience to customers," said Carsten
Wreth, Managing Director Service Technology O2 Germany.

"Wipro, by virtue of its convergent view of the telecom media
value chain coupled with an independent testing experience is uniquely
positioned to build industry specific solutions, delivering measurable
business benefits like improved productivity, reduced cost and time to market
for O2. This partnership will deliver next generation testing transformation
to O2 by providing leading-edge services and enhanced customer experience,"
said Gangadharaiah CP, Senior Vice President Testing Services Wipro
Technologies.

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is
the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services
organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V
1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the
largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro
provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and
services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing,
package implementation, software application management, and datacenter
managed services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT
solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system
integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.

Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments
of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East
markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations.
Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares
are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock
Exchange.

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements

Certain statements in this release concerning our future
growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of
risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties
relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and
uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits,
our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT
services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in
India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time
and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client
concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus
areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully
complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our
service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic
investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political
instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring
companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and
general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional
risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described
in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time,
make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including
statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to
update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us
or on our behalf.

For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com

    Media Contacts:

    Wipro Technologies
    India:
    Radhika Mahadevan
    Wipro Technologies
    +91-9945042603
    radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com

    Mangala Koti Singhal
    Gutenberg Communications
    +91-9686446789
    mangala@gutenbergpr.com

    US:

    Eric Belove
    Wipro Technologies
    + 1(732)-216-6242
    eric.belove@wipro.com

    Lavanya DJ
    Gutenberg Communications
    +1(212)-239-8740
    lavanya@gutenbergpr.com

    UK:

    Rahul Kadavakolu
    Wipro Technologies
    +44-792-020-5496
    rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

    Shalini Siromani
    Gutenberg Communications
    +44-79-6066-3200
    shalini@gutenbergpr.com

Media Contacts: Wipro Technologies, India: Radhika Mahadevan, Wipro Technologies, +91-9945042603, radhika.mahadevan at wipro.com ; Mangala Koti Singhal, Gutenberg Communications, +91-9686446789, mangala at gutenbergpr.com; US: Eric Belove, Wipro Technologies, + 1(732)-216-6242, eric.belove at wipro.com ; Lavanya DJ, Gutenberg Communications, +1(212)-239-8740, lavanya at gutenbergpr.com ; UK: Rahul Kadavakolu, Wipro Technologies, +44-792-020-5496, rahul.kadavakolu at wipro.com ; Shalini Siromani, Gutenberg Communications, +44-79-6066-3200, shalini at gutenbergpr.com