Huawei India today said that it has shifted over 300 Indian employees to manage global operations from its India centre, due to downturn in the domestic telecom sector, amid policy uncertainty.

Huawei, which employs over 6,000 people in India, said that the move will help curb the attrition rate in the company.

“Despite current downturn in the telecom industry, Huawei remains confident in Indian market. We are reposing our faith in Indian employees and have been minimising the impact of restructuring by providing global deployment opportunities and redeployment assistance,” the Huawei India CEO, Mr Cai Liquin, said.

The business of the telecom equipment makers has been affected due to cancellation of 122 telecom licences by the Supreme Court in February.

Existing telecom operators have slowed down their expansions due to the uncertainty on government decision over spectrum auction and one-time charge that is to be levied for airwaves held by them.

Also, the massive payout of over Rs 1 lakh crore for 3G airwaves and wireless broadband spectrum has also slowed down the expansion activities of the telecom operators.

Huawei said that the redeployment of existing employees in its Global Service Resource Center (GSRC) and Global Competence Center (GCC) is to keep employees engaged on the projects.

“Many of these employees in the GSRC and GCC platforms are deeply engaged in supporting our leading international telecom clients in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and Middle East,” the Huawei India Executive Director, Mr A Sethuraman, said.

According to the HR Firm Fasttrack International, attrition rate at Huawei has been around 5 per cent.

“Currently the general telecom industry attrition is in the range of 12 per cent but Huawei has managed to keep the attrition at a reasonable level of approximately 5 per cent,” the Fasttrack International CEO, Mr Vishal Gupta said.

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