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India-based Motorola team scales new heights

By Anand Parthasarathy

Bangalore June 18. They created the browser that allows some of their mobile phones to surf the Internet. They wrote the software that allowed other models to exchange still and video pictures. And, even as they are working on tomorrow's technology — a `sangam' of cellphones with the new wireless technology known as WiFi — the 500-plus engineers of Motorola's India-based Global Software Group (GSG) have become the first organisation in the world to achieve the most stringent certification in the software business.

On Tuesday, they achieved the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI-CMM) Level 5, by what is known as the "continuous representation" model across four disciplines: software, systems engineering, product development and supplier sourcing.

Shorn of jargon, what this means is that the India team of Motorola, divided between Hyderabad and Bangalore, has been assessed by internationally-approved agencies to be on "top of the class" in every department that was checked.

Bangalore-based Sammy Sana, Managing Director of the Motorola GSG, told The Hindu today: "Our guys are among the best in the world. We have been able to set the benchmark for other software organisations worldwide".

Many software units, including other GSGs of Motorola have attained CMM Level 5 — but the India centre's evaluation and ranking certifies that even in this elite club, they are the "top guns" of software technology.

The Bangalore centre is home to the U.S.-based company's largest test-bed for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) type telephony, which is already driving the local mobile networks in India. One of the exciting tasks being addressed here is the challenge to provide seamless global connectivity from a single handset, across regions, networks and technologies, Mr. Sana said.

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