'5G' jobs doubled in one year in India; Cisco, Ericsson top recruiters

According to a report published by GlobalData, a data and analytics firm, between the fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, ‘5G’ jobs positions have doubled in India. Increasing number of organisations are focusing on 5G technologies, along with the government enabling 5G trials and testing. Businesses aim to integrate 5G technologies into current network components and establish R&D to advance services and offer improved customer management solutions.

Mr. Ajay Thalluri, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, said, “Between the fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021, ‘5G’ jobs positions have doubled in India, job listings have doubled, suggesting rising demand for ‘5G’ expertise. Key positions include engineers specialising in IP networking, networks, firmware, software and automation.”

Since January 2020 , Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) announced 20% of jobs in India, aiming at radio and cellular network prospects. It is also reviewing the security aspects of 5G networks by assessing business strategies and requirements.

Cisco Systems announced an investment worth US$ 5 billion on 5G projects globally, including India. Since January 2020, the company announced > 30% of 5G jobs in India. Cisco's 5G-based recruitment is led by engineers for core cloud and packet core teams to facilitate virtualised cloud services. Job positions also include 5G mobile core projects to transform customer business requirements into product technical requests and use cases.

Corporations such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HP) and Dell Technologies (Dell) that provide 5G-enabled devices are also focusing on hiring 5G domain expertise. Dell is creating a 5G R&D team in Bangalore to model and create products and solutions for enterprise customers and service providers. HP is also offering cloud-native 5G solutions.

Bharti Airtel plans to partner with the likes of Qualcomm Technologies in 5G/5G NR area and access chipsets. In May 2021, India's Department of Telecom approved proposals of telecom firms such as companies Reliance Jio Infocomm, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea to conduct 5G trials, by collaborating with original technology providers and equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for end-use and applications.

Key job listings include 5G R&D director, software engineering; 4G/5G customer success specialist (CSS) - mobility; CMS R&D - 5G Micro-services Java Developer Karnataka, Bangalore, 5G systems engineer, embedded 5G/4G cellular RF software/firmware engineer.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.