Mar 17 (PTI) Australian telecom giant Telstra has reportedly dropped outsourcing partner Satyam Computer Services from an applications support contract worth 32 million Aus dollar annually.
The troubled Indian outsourcing firm's IT contracts with Telstra will be passed on to EDS, according to sources that were quoted by a 'The Australian' daily here today.
Telstra Chief Executive Sol Trujillo, who leaves the company on June 30, sat on the board of EDS before joining the telco in 2005, the report said.
According to the daily, Telstra refused to comment on the report of dumping Satyam and said the decision about its supply arrangements with individual vendors was not for media release.
'The Australian' further said that new Satyam Chief Executive A S Murty is understood to have flown to Australia last week in a last-ditch bid to retain the Telstra contract and the Indian IT company placed a compelling case to continue with Telstra.
The recent fraud at Satyam is believed to have led to the fallout, but a source close to the deal denied that the IT firm's scandal was responsible for Telstra's decision to tear up its contract, saying it was instead linked to the Indian outsourcer's performance. PTI
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