{"id":966529,"date":"2025-10-07T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=966529"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:34:36","slug":"it-firms-brace-for-muted-q2-amid-weak-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/10\/07\/it-firms-brace-for-muted-q2-amid-weak-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"IT firms brace for muted Q2 amid weak demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT services firms are preparing for another subdued quarter as global macro uncertainty, tight discretionary budgets, and cautious client spending weigh on what is usually a seasonally stronger period. The recent changes to US H1-B visa rules have further added to the sector\u2019s unease, limiting near-term optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts expect the July-September quarter numbers to show muted sequential growth, with large-cap firms likely to report flat to marginal constant currency (CC) expansion of up to 1.8%. Mid-tier firms could fare slightly better, supported by cost-optimisation work and early traction in AI and digital transformation deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT services firms are preparing for another subdued quarter as global macro uncertainty, tight discretionary budgets, and cautious client spending weigh on what is usually a seasonally stronger period. The recent changes to US H1-B visa rules have further added to the sector\u2019s unease, limiting near-term optimism. Analysts expect the July-September quarter numbers to show muted sequential growth, with large-cap firms likely to report flat to marginal constant currency (CC) expansion of up to 1.8%. Mid-tier firms could fare slightly better, supported by cost-optimisation work and early traction in AI and digital transformation deals.<\/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-966529","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\/966529","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=966529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}