Dell may sell its BPO biz

Intelenet and Blackstone seem to have joined the race to acquire Dell’s non-US BPO business, which is on the block.Interestingly, even as Dell maintains that it was not contemplating any such move, sources said that Intelenet (which was recently acquired by Blackstone) and Blackstone itself as a standalone buy-out fund have evinced interest in acquiring the unit. Besides, these two, the other names going around in the market are Wipro and Accenture which have shown interest to acquire the PC makers unit.

Sources said the world’s second-largest PC maker has put its contact centres across India, Philippines, El Salvador in South America and Canada on the block. The valuation of the business could be anything upwards of $3 billion, sources said.

Read more in The Times of India article.