India’s increasing dependency on mobiles and internet to generate over 10 lakh jobs in 3 years

The telecom sector in India is on an all-time high these days, and this is proved not only because of the boost in the investments in this sector, but also from the fact that the sector, along with allied services, is going to generate over 10 lakh jobs directly and indirectly in the next three years. The finding has come from the India Skills Report 2016, which has forecast a 20% growth in the hiring these sectors this year.

This is in stark contrast from last year, when the telecom and allied services ranked amongst the least-hiring sectors. Jointly prepared by PeopleStrong and Wheebox, the report also saw collaboration from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), LinkedIn and Association of Indian University.

The reason behind the sector hiring on a large scale can be found in the steps taken by the government to provide a conducive environment for service providers, which includes the auction of 3G and 4G spectra.

The report said that about 82% of India's urban population and 18% of India's rural population depends on mobile and internet these days, thus expanding the scope of job offering in the telecom sector. Along with this, constant additions of mobile, landlines, wireless and broadband subscribers is also responsible for creating more and more jobs.

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