Reliance, Vodafone, Airtel may increase their headcount by 25% in FY24

India’s top three telcos — Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel — will likely add 25 per cent more employees in FY24 as they work on 5G coverage expansion and monetisation.

Experts said that the hiring activity by the three telcos picked up in FY23 after a slowdown in FY22, according to a report in The Economic Times (ET).

Sekhar Garisa, chief executive officer of staffing firm FoundIt, said, “5G has played a big role (in the hiring activity) as there were a lot of jobs that were created during the year. This, coupled with the digitisation efforts by enterprises, led to an increase in telecom needs.”