‘5G for enterprise’ and ‘5G for telcos’ are going to be equally important: TechM’s CP Gurnani

IT services company Tech Mahindra saw a muted first quarter, with tepid revenue growth and narrowing margins. It is now hoping some of its bets in areas including 5G technology and cyber security will pay off.

Tech Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani said 5G, blockchain, cyber security, AI and engineering services, will help the company speed up growth over the next few quarters. “At this stage, these are key priority areas,” he told ET in an interview.

You didn’t have a very good last quarter. What is impacting the business environment? What are the challenges and opportunities?
As far as Brexit (Britain’s exit from the European Union) is concerned, there is bound to be an impact…the point is whether and how much it will be counter-balanced by the rest of Europe. The assumption is that consumption will continue to hold up. There could very well be opportunities in the new