Australian telecom leader Telstra plans to move work in-house from its vendors in India, as it looks to step up hiring and consolidate over 2,000 people at its new centre in Bengaluru, chief executive Andy Penn told ET.
The centre is designed to work on emerging technologies such as internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
“We look to increase the headcount in India to couple of thousands. Definitely, we are going to retire some of the legacy systems. We are replacing them with new Cloud-based technologies. Much of that work is being done in India in conjunction with the new innovation centre and partners,” Penn said.
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Currently, the company employs 500 people in the country.
Telstra, which has traditionally outsourced a large portion of its technology work to IT services companies such as Infosys, TCS and Accenture, is investing significantly to build strengths in areas such as internet of things, AI and machine learning.
Source: ET Tech
