The roll out of 5G<\/a> services by Indian telecom service providers is expected to create a demand of up to 45,000 jobs over the next two quarters, staffing firms estimate. The anticipation of the roll out of 5G has already resulted in nearly 80,000 5G-related hiring this calendar year, these estimates add.

India<\/a> saw its first ever 5G spectrum auction earlier this year. India’s top two telcos—Reliance<\/a> Jio and Bharti Airtel<\/a>—have both announced the initial launch of their 5G services in the country.

The demand for 5G-related profiles though is not limited to the telecom service providers. “The increase in demand for 5G-related tech talent is also coming from industries like healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and auto,” said
Sachin Alug<\/a>, chief executive at staffing firm NLB Services<\/a>. “There has been a 15-20% quarter-on-quarter rise in overall hiring focused on 5G.

He, however, said that a majority of demand is from telcos.

Profiles like networking engineers, artificial intelligence and machine learning experts, user experience designers, cloud computing experts, cyber security specialists, and data science and data analytics experts are some of the most sought-after profiles with a 20% rise quarter-on-quarter.

“We estimate that the 5G roll out will create around 35,000 to 45,000 new vacancies across sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, transport, logistics, banking and education, as these sectors will increasingly adopt digital solutions to streamline and optimise their operations,” said
Sanjay Shetty<\/a>, director-professional search and selection and strategic accounts at Randstad India<\/a>. “Job posts related to 5G roles have already jumped to 68-70% in the first half of 2022.”

Non-telcos are likely to seek professionals in fields including infrastructure development, equipment, network operations, and spectrum services for positions like network administration, testing, and software development.

Experts anticipate major use in
industry<\/a> 4.0 and smart city use cases for the internet of things provided by 5G. Nearly 44% of 5G applications worldwide are found in these two sectors. With improvements in coverage and technology, other applications, such as sensor-based crop monitoring, remote equipment control, surveillance, energy management, and smart transportation, are also anticipated to become more popular in India in the future.

Mayur Taday, chief business officer, TeamLease Services, added that while 5G hiring momentum is expected to sustain over the next few quarters, it will be important for companies to invest in skilling their workforce to meet the demand of jobs thus created.

“Upskilling will be key. Opportunities in 5G with the enormous use cases it will permit in industrial settings and customer experience such as in AR\/VR, IoT, cloud computing, etc and with its nature of capabilities will require new range of skills required to manage use case development,” he said.

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5G users to get up to 600 mbps speed during launch phase; phones to work at par with PC: Experts<\/a><\/h2>

Jio has said that its customers will continue to avail 5G services under \"Beta trial\" until the network coverage of a city is substantially complete.<\/p><\/div>

The roll out of 5G<\/a> services by Indian telecom service providers is expected to create a demand of up to 45,000 jobs over the next two quarters, staffing firms estimate. The anticipation of the roll out of 5G has already resulted in nearly 80,000 5G-related hiring this calendar year, these estimates add.

India<\/a> saw its first ever 5G spectrum auction earlier this year. India’s top two telcos—Reliance<\/a> Jio and Bharti Airtel<\/a>—have both announced the initial launch of their 5G services in the country.

The demand for 5G-related profiles though is not limited to the telecom service providers. “The increase in demand for 5G-related tech talent is also coming from industries like healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and auto,” said
Sachin Alug<\/a>, chief executive at staffing firm NLB Services<\/a>. “There has been a 15-20% quarter-on-quarter rise in overall hiring focused on 5G.

He, however, said that a majority of demand is from telcos.

Profiles like networking engineers, artificial intelligence and machine learning experts, user experience designers, cloud computing experts, cyber security specialists, and data science and data analytics experts are some of the most sought-after profiles with a 20% rise quarter-on-quarter.

“We estimate that the 5G roll out will create around 35,000 to 45,000 new vacancies across sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, transport, logistics, banking and education, as these sectors will increasingly adopt digital solutions to streamline and optimise their operations,” said
Sanjay Shetty<\/a>, director-professional search and selection and strategic accounts at Randstad India<\/a>. “Job posts related to 5G roles have already jumped to 68-70% in the first half of 2022.”

Non-telcos are likely to seek professionals in fields including infrastructure development, equipment, network operations, and spectrum services for positions like network administration, testing, and software development.

Experts anticipate major use in
industry<\/a> 4.0 and smart city use cases for the internet of things provided by 5G. Nearly 44% of 5G applications worldwide are found in these two sectors. With improvements in coverage and technology, other applications, such as sensor-based crop monitoring, remote equipment control, surveillance, energy management, and smart transportation, are also anticipated to become more popular in India in the future.

Mayur Taday, chief business officer, TeamLease Services, added that while 5G hiring momentum is expected to sustain over the next few quarters, it will be important for companies to invest in skilling their workforce to meet the demand of jobs thus created.

“Upskilling will be key. Opportunities in 5G with the enormous use cases it will permit in industrial settings and customer experience such as in AR\/VR, IoT, cloud computing, etc and with its nature of capabilities will require new range of skills required to manage use case development,” he said.

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\"5G<\/a><\/figure>

5G users to get up to 600 mbps speed during launch phase; phones to work at par with PC: Experts<\/a><\/h2>

Jio has said that its customers will continue to avail 5G services under \"Beta trial\" until the network coverage of a city is substantially complete.<\/p><\/div>