Riding high on the success of its computing, office automation and telecom businesses, HCL Infosystems today reported a 24% increase in consolidated revenue at Rs 2,824.0 crore during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as against Rs 2285.3 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.The company's profit before tax for the quarter was Rs 93.5 crore as against Rs 82 crore, and its profit after tax (PAT) was Rs 67.1 crore.The company's revenue from the telecommunication and office automation business rose 26% to Rs 2,254.4 crore as against Rs 1,791.2 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The profit before interest and taxes was Rs 62.3 crore as against Rs 47.8 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year -- a growth of 30%.The revenue from its computer systems business increased 16% to Rs 563.6 crore from Rs 487.5 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Profit before interest and taxes was Rs 31.2 crore as against Rs 27.4 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year -- a growth of 14%.Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO of HCL Infosystems, said: "HCL has spearheaded the penetration of digital lifestyle (distributors for dishTV, Apple iPod and Casio) and technological innovations in the country. This quarter witnessed opening up of HCL Digilife outlets in different parts of the nation (10 currently; 100 projected by next year) in quick succession as well as adding Casio digital cameras to our rich digital lifestyle product portfolio."The company has declared a quarterly interim dividend of Rs 2 per share.HCL, this year, attempted to reach out to the non-English speaking population by launching an exclusive Ezeebee range of PCs. On the mobile computing front, HCL launched Toshiba Satellite L30. The company also launched a new electronic cash register (ECR), specially aimed to assist the small and middle business houses. The ECR comes with in-built battery back-up and speeds up the process of daily tracking of sales, inventory report, purchase report and all credit sales.HCL also announced the launch of a new PC and trusted ICT infrastructure solutions for the burgeoning Indian BPO-IteS sector. Using a set of innovative & advanced security technologies such as biometric and smart-card logon, physical hard disk separation, data encryption, network partitioning and others, these solutions have been created based on the inputs from some of the leading BPO centers across the country.HCL's TV Broadcast Studio bagged deals from clients like UTV, Bajaj Auto, Cisco, Wipro and GE. It has also set up video conferencing facilities and TV Broadcast Studios in some of the leading educational institutes of the country.
