This is the right time to apply for jobs in the telecom sector, thanks to 4G

Amid growing competition between telecom operators to be number 1 in 4G devices and services, job aspirants are at the gaining end.

With telecos like Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio Infocomm rolling out 4G services, this has led to spurt in jobs, which was not the scenario in 2012 when many telecom licences were cancelled.

Headhunters say recruitments in the telecom sector have started and companies are expected to hire 20,000-30,000 in the next 4-6 months.

"What Jio is trying to do is build an entire ecosystem and revolutionalise the way things worked till now. To this end, it has hired a lot of people across different sectors. Other companies are following suit," a top headhunter who refused to be named told ET.

Apart from fresh hiring, even poaching is becoming common as Reliance Jio is hiring people from various organisations for top posts.

Reportedly, Reliance Jio’s head count increased from 700 employees in 2012 to 17,500 by March 2015.

Even Idea Cellular hired over 2,000 people in 2015.

"Focus on rural penetration, Jio's launch and hiring within sector have forced telecom firms to create benches and that means more recruitments," Santrupt Misra, director group HR at the Aditya Birla Group, told ET, adding by next year at least 2,500 employees will be added.