Wipro's purchase of Finnish design company Saraware is its sixth acquisition in six months Indian outsourcer Wipro is acquiring Finnish wireless design services company Saraware for €25 million ($32 million) in an all-cash deal, Wipro said Thursday.The pending Saraware acquisition, the sixth by Wipro in six months, is in line with its stated “string of pearls” strategy to buy up a number of small companies, giving it access to new markets or specific domain expertise.Wipro of Bangalore, India, announced last week that it has signed an agreement to acquire Enabler Informatica, a Portuguese services company focused on the retail business, to strengthen its service offerings for customers in that industry. The Saraware deal includes an up-front cash payment and debt takeover, as well as earn-outs if the Rovaniemi, Finland, company achieves targeted financial conditions over 18 months, Wipro said. The transaction is expected to be closed within a month.The Saraware acquisition will bring Wipro expertise in radio networks, base-station controllers, mobile communications platforms and secure mobile platforms conforming to the European Tetra (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) standard used by Public Access Mobile Radio (PAMR) operators, said Sudip Nandy, chief strategy officer of the Wipro Technologies business of Wipro.Saraware has close to 200 engineers in Finland. After the acquisition Wipro will have four Finnish development centers from which it can offer near-shore services to customers in the Nordic region, which has several wireless equipment makers, Nandy said. Wipro is already doing work for Nokia of Espoo, Finland. Technology Industry