In this post you will know Why is it a good time to work in telecom?The very fact that almost everybody owns a mobile phone now, along with the on-going digitization of India, should give you the main reason as to why this is one of the best times to work in the telecom industry.
The telecommunications industry is made up of all telephone and internet service providers, which play a big role in improving our mobile communication. It covers everything from voice calls, texting, email, to images and video streaming. The rising growth of this field comes with the demand of skilled employees to facilitate this growth in the best possible manner.
There are 4 million people employed in the telecom sector and by the end of five years, 14.3 million people will be employed in telecom as well as telecom manufacturing,"
Since last year, the telecom sector has already lost around 40,000 jobs and the trend is likely to continue for the next six-nine months, with the total figure expected to reach 80,000-90,000.
Since last year, the telecom sector has already lost around 40,000 jobs and the trend is likely to continue for the next six-nine months, with the total figure expected to reach 80,000-90,000.
Under the National Skill Development Corporation, expects major demand for employment to come from emerging technologies like:
- Machine-to-machine communications
- Telecom manufacturing
- Infrastructure and services companies
The job roles in the telecommunications industry:
The job market in telecom industry can be divided to be in the functional areas and corresponding job roles or positions listed below. Each of these job roles requires specific skills to perform the functional activities:
Network Management Functional Area: Base Station Service Engineer, Core Network Engineer, Field Maintenance Engineer, Transmission Engineer, Optical Fiber Technician, Broadband Installation Engineer, Network Management Engineer, ICT Technician, Network Security Technician.
Network Management Functional Area: Base Station Service Engineer, Core Network Engineer, Field Maintenance Engineer, Transmission Engineer, Optical Fiber Technician, Broadband Installation Engineer, Network Management Engineer, ICT Technician, Network Security Technician.
Sales and Services Functional Area: Field Sales Executive, Customer Care Executive, Customer Relationship Executive, In-Store Promoter, Territory Sales Manager (Broadband), Territory Sales Manager (Mobile), Mobile Repair Technician, Repair Center Customer Care Executive, Distributor Sales Representative.
Applications Development Functional Area: Mobile Applications Developer, Games Developer, Handset Software Developer, Embedded Hardware Developer, Network Software Developer
Passive Infrastructure Related Functional Area: Tower Technician, Cluster In-charge, Cluster Manager, Broadband Technician, Radio Frequency Engineer, Tower Bay Installation Supervisor
Each of the above stated job roles are in high demand across the country.
Each of the above stated job roles are in high demand across the country.
All job roles require a high level of soft skills, work place/environment orientation, work place safety and hygiene, adequate written and oral communication skills in a local language, knowledge of Hindi, and some proficiency in English.
Educational qualifications required:
- The engineering and technician job roles require a 4-year degree in engineering or a polytechnic/ITI background with specific skills training
- The sales and service jobs usually would require minimum of class 10 pass with specific skills training
- Application and software development requirements may range from engineers to even drop outs with creative competence
- Infrastructure segment profiles would hire even school drop outs with high degree of job specific skills
About the growth pattern:
- This growth attributes to the penetration of mobile phones and services as well as internet (broadband) connectivity and services
- This growth pattern and rate is poised to continue during the next couple of decades because of growth in smart phone sales, 3G and 4G services and rural penetration of telecom services
- Telecommunications happens to be an industry where technology changes very rapidly making obsolete the older technologies which cannot provide new and essential as well as lifestyle type services (e.g. use of WhatsApp, banking services, mobile phone as a camera, etc.)
- Consequently, the demand for skilled resources in every segment of the telecom industry has been and will continue to be much higher than what the current education or skill development system can supply
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