BANGALORE (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com said on Friday it would open a software development centre in the southern Indian city of Chennai, once known as Madras, to focus on developing innovative website features.
The centre's size was not disclosed, and a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Amazon, which already has a facility in Bangalore, said it does not give headcount details as a matter of policy.
Amazon said in a statement it was looking for "exceptional computer scientists", joining internet giants such as Yahoo and Google in a scramble for Indian talent which is driving up salaries in the US$17.2-billion software and business service industry.
But experts say India's high-tech workers still earn only a fifth of US counterparts, which fuels the industry's expansion.
Amazon to open second India tech centre in Chennai
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