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Ahmedabad , Dec. 3

Hutch Gujarat has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Gujarat for investing Rs 2,500 crore in the State over the next five years to set up world-class infrastructure.

In a press release here, Mr Sunil Sood, Operations Director, Hutch (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Goa), said that Hutch, which has 3.5 million subscribers in the State, will deploy this amount for setting up a call centre that will employ 5,000 agents, apart from State-wide fibre-optic network, GSM-based cellular network and associated infrastructure, switching centres, retail points, high capacity microwave voice and data carriers, offices and training centres.

The investment will generate 18,000 full-time jobs and create 65,000 indirect job opportunities.

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