NEW DELHI: Homegrown IT and consulting firm Tech Mahindra Thursday said it has entered into a strategic partnership with TM Forum to upskill the next-generation telecom workforce to drive innovation for service providers.
TM Forum is a global consortium of over 800 companies, including India’s Jio Platforms and Bharti Airtel, US telcos Verizon Communications, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Britain’s BT and Vodafone.
The partnership will meet the critical needs of telcos, who want to align their workforce with technological advancements, enabling simplification, modernisation, and monetisation at scale and speed, Tech Mahindra and TM Forum said in a joint statement.
“Our alliance with TM Forum will help foster a well-equipped workforce that can lead innovations rooted in industry standards, enabling CSPs to scale at speed their digital transformation and emerge as pivotal orchestrators in digital ecosystems,” said Abhishek Shankar, President – Communications Business, Americas, Tech Mahindra.
As part of the partnership, Tech Mahindra will create the largest TM Forum-certified talent pool within the telecom ecosystem. Additionally, using its innovation labs, Tech Mahindra will work with TM Forum to enable the adoption of industry standards in real-life scenarios to develop an ecosystem of innovation and solutions to address telcos’ specific challenges.
“The partnership with Tech Mahindra is a clear demonstration of the value this approach will bring, creating a talent-pool that’s ready to lead CSP transformations with innovation and excellence,” said George Glass, CTO of TM Forum.
