HCLTech strengthens its engineering, AI and cloud-native offerings for the telecom industry
new york And Noida, India, December 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today signed an agreement to acquire HPE’s communications solutions business, further strengthening its market-leading position in the communications industry.
Following a previous transaction with HPE in 2024, HCLTech gains additional industry-leading intellectual property (IP), product engineering and research and development talent, and customer relationships with the world’s top communications service providers (CSPs) through this new acquisition agreement. Telco Solutions supports more than 1 billion devices through its solutions in more than 200 deployments worldwide. This enables operations support systems (OSS), home subscriber servers (HSS), and 5G subscriber data management (SDM) with advanced AI-driven closed-loop network automation for seamless network monetization.
Telco Solutions was previously part of HPE’s Communications Technology Group (CTG), from which HCLTech acquired certain assets in 2024. The previously acquired CTG portfolio, which spans business support systems (BSS), network applications, service cloudization, and data intelligence, has been successfully integrated and is currently growing.
HCLTech leverages this expanded capability to accelerate network transformation, network-as-a-service (NaaS), and AI-driven autonomous networking. As part of this agreement, approximately 1,500 engineering and communications professionals from 39 countries will join HCLTech’s global delivery team to help grow the business.
“HCLTech is very excited about the opportunities ahead as we are uniquely positioned to enable CSPs to transform into true technology companies as we move from carrier to technology operator,” said Anil Ganjoo, Chief Growth Officer and Global Head of Telecommunications, Media, Publishing, Entertainment and Technology (TMT) at HCLTech. “Bringing together this highly skilled HPE team and market-proven IP strengthens our product-aligned model and accelerates our transition to higher-value IP-driven services and non-linear growth.”
“HCLTech has a compelling vision to leverage the momentum of our communications solutions business and track record of customer success to enable CSPs to further accelerate innovation and customer impact.” Rami RahimExecutive Vice President, President and General Manager of Networking, HPE. “This transaction will benefit CSP for many years to come as both HPE and HCLTech pursue unique and differentiated approaches to supporting this important area of the market through their strategic focus and commitment to innovation.”
The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close within approximately six months.
About HCLTech
HCLTech is a global technology company with more than 226,600 employees in 60 countries, leveraging a broad portfolio of technology services and products to deliver industry-leading capabilities around AI, digital, engineering, cloud, and software. We work with clients across every major industry, delivering industry solutions including financial services, manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, high technology, semiconductors, communications and media, retail and consumer goods, and mobility and utilities. Consolidated revenue at the end of 12 months September 2025 totaled $14.2 billion. Visit hcltech.com to learn how you can accelerate progress.
