{"id":1029150,"date":"2026-08-17T07:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1029150"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:26:02","slug":"ai-to-create-a-double-edge-impact-for-it-sector-axis-securities-says-ai-spending-vs-pricing-pressure-key-challenge-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/17\/ai-to-create-a-double-edge-impact-for-it-sector-axis-securities-says-ai-spending-vs-pricing-pressure-key-challenge-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"AI to create a \u2018Double-edge impact\u2019 for IT sector: Axis Securities says AI spending Vs pricing pressure key challenge ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IT sector continues to be in the eye of the storm and the mixed performance in Q1 has kept the spotlight on the sector. The midcaps have outperformed the large caps in the current quarter amid geopolitical and AI-led challenges. While the near-term uncertainties are expected to continue in the coming quarters, Axis Securities says that AI can create \u201ca double-edged impact\u201d on the IT sector. <\/p>\n<p>That said, the brokerage firm remains positive on the long-term outlook for Indian IT services.\u201cThe long-term outlook remains robust, supported by operational efficiencies, AI-led deal wins and broader economic recovery,\u201d Axis Securities noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IT sector continues to be in the eye of the storm and the mixed performance in Q1 has kept the spotlight on the sector. The midcaps have outperformed the large caps in the current quarter amid geopolitical and AI-led challenges. While the near-term uncertainties are expected to continue in the coming quarters, Axis Securities says that AI can create \u201ca double-edged impact\u201d on the IT sector. That said, the brokerage firm remains positive on the long-term outlook for Indian IT services.\u201cThe long-term outlook remains robust, supported by operational efficiencies, AI-led deal wins and broader economic recovery,\u201d Axis Securities noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029168,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029150\/revisions\/1029168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}