Tech Mahindra buys Brazil’s Alyis to grow in LATAM
MUMBAI, INDIA — Tech Mahindra has acquired Alyis Serviços Técnicos, a Brazilian IT services firm that provides training, consulting, and digital transformation services to telecommunications clients.
According to a report from Staffing Industry, the transaction transfers full ownership of Alyis from Orange Business Services Brasil to Tech Mahindra’s Brazil subsidiary, marking the Indian IT major’s first dedicated operations hub in Latin America.
Alyis employs approximately 270 professionals based in Petropolis, Brazil, and will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under Tech Mahindra.
Orange Business partnership anchors LATAM expansion
The acquisition is central to a broader agreement between Tech Mahindra and Orange Business to outsource selected international operations, including global customer support, quote-to-bill processing, and post-sale services.
Alyis was incorporated in May 2026 specifically to serve as the operational vehicle for this transition, consolidating Orange Business’s Brazil-based IT teams under Tech Mahindra’s structure.
The arrangement effectively makes Tech Mahindra the managed services backbone for Orange Business customers across the LATAM region. In an exchange filing, Tech Mahindra said the acquisition would enable seamless support for Orange Business customers and strengthen the company’s ability to grow in one of its priority geographies.
Deal bolsters telecom IT capabilities across Brazil
Beyond the geographic foothold, the deal gives Tech Mahindra immediate access to a trained workforce with deep telecom sector expertise, eliminating the need to hire and onboard new staff for Orange Business account delivery.
Alyis specializes in training, software development, consulting, and digital transformation services tailored to telecommunications companies — capabilities that align directly with Tech Mahindra’s managed services model.
With 270 employees already embedded in Orange Business operations, Tech Mahindra can scale LATAM delivery from day one without the typical ramp-up period associated with new market entry.
According to its regulatory disclosure, Tech Mahindra described the transaction as an extension of a strategic partnership focused on ‘outsourcing of selected international operations’ — a framework increasingly common in global IT services contracting.
Latin America’s IT outsourcing sector is expanding rapidly, driven by multinational companies seeking proximity to North American and European clients at competitive cost structures.
Deals like the Tech Mahindra–Alyis acquisition signal a growing trend of telecom carriers spinning off service subsidiaries to dedicated IT vendors rather than maintaining large in-house operations teams.
For the broader BPO and managed services industry, it underscores the continued value of structured workforce transfers as a route to LATAM market entry.
