NTT Communications (NTT Com) has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Emerio GlobeSoft (Emerio), a technology services and outsourcing company in Singapore.

NTT Com expects the combination of capabilities in fields such as networks and data centre services with Emerio’s experience and some 1,200 engineers will enable them to enhance the coverage, cost effectiveness, reliability and quality of its global services and strengthen its ability to meet multinational companies’ growing needs for globally one-stop offerings for networks, applications and servers.

Emerio provides technology and outsourcing services including application services, such as application development and maintenance, application engineer dispatch, and monitoring of applications and troubleshooting; infrastructure services, such as IT service desks, server operation and maintenance, IT engineer dispatch, and end-user support; and business process outsourcing, such as support centre business and account processing.

Established in 1997, Emerio has 14 worldwide bases in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, the US and Vietnam.