Tech Mahindra has set up a lab in Bengaluru in association with US chipmaker Intel as part of its preparedness for 5G services expected to be rolled out by 2019, said a top executive of the IT firm. C P Gurnani, CEO and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra, said the company has already re-skilled about 30,000 of its employees in handling emerging technologies. "In our case, the key drivers (for future growth) are clearly 5G roll out if it happens in 2019. "We are getting ready for the (5G) roll out," Gurnani told PTI on the sidelines of the just concluded World Congress of Information Technology 2018 here. According to him, the company employees are in the process of acquiring required skill sets and getting ready for pilot phases to be rolled out soon.

Source: dna February 25, 2018 06:22 UTC