Telstra plans to cut more than 600 enterprise staff this financial year, as well as around 200 jobs from its joint venture with consultancy firm Accenture in which some roles will be offshored to India.

The telecommunications giant told Telstra Enterprise workers on Tuesday it proposed 631 roles would be made redundant by 30 June, Information Age understands.

Telstra Enterprise is a division of Telstra which offers technology, communications, and managed services to businesses and government organisations, including networking, cloud services, and cybersecurity.

Of those 631 roles in scope for redundancy, Telstra has proposed to create 254 new roles under the control of Indian ICT giant Infosys, which the telco operates a joint venture with.

Those Infosys positions are expected to remain in Australia and be open to Telstra staff, while only 10 new roles are expected to open within Telstra.

Telstra confirms 'a number of proposed changes'

A Telstra spokesperson confirmed the company "shared a number of proposed changes" with staff on Tuesday which would be subject to consultation.

The company suggested 442 roles would no longer be required if the changes went ahead and some staff were redeployed.

"If the proposal proceeds, some work in our Service and Delivery team would move to Infosys, and some roles would no longer be required," a Telstra spokesperson told Information Age in a statement.

"Across other parts of the organisation, we’ve proposed changes to streamline duplicated work, clarify accountability and strengthen our ability to deliver better experiences for both our frontline teams and our customers."

The spokesperson said Telstra had not proposed that any of the roles be replaced by AI.

"However, strategic partnerships with global technology leaders, like the one proposed today, mean we can tap into their AI capabilities to simplify our tools and services to help us move faster and operate more efficiently," they said.

Telstra’s strategic partnership with Infosys was announced in August 2025 when the telco divested a controlling 75 per cent stake in its services arm Versent Group and ceded control of roughly 650 ICT service specialists.

Under Telstra, Versent Group included the company’s technology services group Telstra Purple Digital, which itself was part of Telstra’s Enterprise portfolio.

Telstra previously said most of the 2,800 job cuts it proposed for its Enterprise arm in 2024 would be completed by the end of that year, as part of a previous overhaul of the division.


Telstra and ICT giant Infosys began a strategic partnership in 2025. Images: Shutterstock

Accenture joint venture cuts roles, touts ‘cost efficiencies’

Information Age understands 209 jobs are planned for redundancy under Telstra’s joint venture with Accenture, but the final tally of job losses may be lower following consultation with staff and unions.

An unconfirmed number of redeployments within Accenture and Telstra are expected to be made available to staff in Australia with data and AI skills.

A Telstra spokesperson said workers were informed on Tuesday of “proposed changes … including reducing roles where work is no longer needed, and moving some work to the joint venture team in India”.

"These changes would see the joint venture use Accenture's global capabilities, advanced AI expertise and specialist hub in India to deliver Telstra's data and AI roadmap more quickly,” they said in a statement.

"We anticipate that over time this would result in improved cost efficiencies and bring an enhanced experience to Telstra's customers.”

The joint venture has not confirmed how many jobs may be moved to India.

The spokesperson said workers who lost their jobs in the process would be redeployed at Telstra or Accenture “where possible”, or given access to a career transition program and retrenchment benefits.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) was contacted for comment.

Telstra and Accenture announced their $700 million, seven-year partnership in January 2025, of which 40 per cent is owned by Telstra and 60 per cent is owned by Accenture.

At the time of the joint venture announcement, Telstra and Accenture flagged the project was “expected to become more efficient and streamlined as the acceleration of Telstra’s data and AI roadmap is delivered”.

The project launched in April of that year, with a key focus “to reinvent business processes through new capabilities like agentic AI” as part of Telstra’s “AI-first ambitions”.

The two companies also opened an AI hub in Mountain View, California, in May.

Telstra CEO Vicki Brady told investors later that month that it would likely have a smaller workforce by 2030, partly due to “a significant unlock” facilitated by AI.

The company then announced a planned reduction of around 550 roles from across the organisation in July 2025, but denied the changes were the result of its increasing use of AI.

Telstra now has around 30,000 full-time employees, according to the company’s latest annual report.