L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS), a global pure-play engineering services company, announced that it has agreed to acquire theSmart World & Communication (SWC) Business of L&T, enabling LTTS
to combine synergies and take offerings in Next-Gen Communications, Sustainable Spaces and Cybersecurity to the global market.
Smart World & Communication was founded in 2016 to cater to the demands in smart cities, address opportunities and provide smart solutions in the areas of end-to-end communications, city surveillance and intelligent traffic management system for the Government as well as enterprises. It has an employee base of over 700 engineers from diversified technology domains and has crossed an annual revenue of INR 1,000 Crores.
The coming together of the LTTS and SWC teams will address the entire gamut of digital offerings, including design, architect, build & operate, effectively catering to the portfolios encompassing Next-Gen Communications, Sustainable Spaces and Cybersecurity.
SWC’s strong expertise in the area of Next-Gen Communications has been instrumental in the network design, planning, implementation and management, including Network Operations Center (NOC), OSS, Datacenter, Cloud/Private 5G, of over 25,000 locations across India. It has assisted multiple state governments in India with network operating centers and network management systems while establishing end-to-end network connectivity projects, such as TANFINET and Telangana Fiber Grid. SWC has created gEDGE data centers with innovation resulting in up to 40 percent reduction in power consumption and up to 30 percent savings in CapEx.
LTTS has been an early mover in the global communications domain, identifying 5G as a Big Bet in 2020. Today, LTTS’ 5G offerings and services have resulted in the company taking complete ownership of 10+ Labs-as-a-Service for customers, 5G network assurance with over 100 use cases for clients, and more than 100 product families developed for OEMs globally.
In Sustainable Spaces, SWC brings capabilities around public safety, smart cities, critical infrastructure and smart metering along with L&T Fusion Platform and Integrated Command and Control Center (IC3).
LTTS brings smart building and experience management capabilities through its i-BEMS platform that has been deployed in the ‘world’s smartest office campus’ in Israel with over 14,000 sensors. Together, LTTS and SWC will address a larger market of $390 billion globally for sustainable spaces.
In Cybersecurity, SWC brings Full Lifecycle Threat Management capabilities, with offerings in risk assessment, threat monitoring, security architecture, design, and DevSecOps. LTTS has been offering Cybersecurity services to its OT and product customers globally.
The joint team of LTTS and SWC would provide Security Operating Centers (SOC), full lifecycle threat management, OT cybersecurity and product security credentials and address the demands of the projected $376 billion cybersecurity market.