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BT, which was known as British Telecom earlier, today said that it will add more than 400 new people to its existing workforce as part of new phase of investments across the rapidly growing economies in Asia Pacific, Turkey, West Asian countries and Africa, to ensure expansion in the growth markets.
The hiring would be focussed in key markets including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkey, BT said in a statement today.
The investment is aimed at capturing opportunities in the region, which is pegged at about £32 billion, BT said, adding that the fresh hires would be additional to the 600 positions it had announced earlier this year for BT’s Global Development Centre in Bangalore and to the 600 hires expected for BT’s new Global Shared Service facility in Kuala Lumpur announced in April.
The new hires will include industry specialists focused on sectors like logistics, healthcare, consumer packaged goods and financial services as well as professional services experts based in 11 countries.
BT will also focus on strengthening its capabilities in security, cloud, unified communications, mobility and contact centres.
“In 2010, we launched our first phase of investments to accelerate our expansion in Asia Pacific. This has allowed us to generate strong growth in the region and to nearly triple the number of new Asia Pacific customers signing with us,” said BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez.
“We are investing again to further grow our business, in a wider region combining Asia Pacific with Turkey, the Middle East and Africa. We are doing this in close consultation with our customers,” he added Alvarez.
