'INDIAN TELECOM INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH A SEA OF CHANGE DURING THESE DAYS WITH A MARKED SHIFT FROM THE TRADITIONAL SKILLS TO EMERGING SKILL REQUIREMENTS WITH A STRATEGIC FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY-BASED SKILLS'

摘要

As India gears up for 5G, broadband for all, IoT and a host of new telecom business and technology models, what are the key competencies that telecom professionals should possess? The shape and contours of the Workforce of the future will be dictated to by the emerging environment. There will be a gradual merger of Blue and white collared jobs and the consequent emergence of no collar jobs. More and more focus will be on the knowledge of the workers, especially in the data sciences domain. Routine and repetitive jobs will be taken over by Al and robots. Employees will have to be multi-skilled for sure. Contextualized Attitude and Communication skills will be the deciding factor for selection. We will see a workforce emerging which will sell or provide services and may increasingly work from home utilizing electronic highways rather than physical highways.