{"id":995984,"date":"2026-03-03T07:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=995984"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:23:16","slug":"west-asia-tensions-cloud-near-term-it-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/03\/west-asia-tensions-cloud-near-term-it-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"West Asia tensions cloud near-term IT growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian information technology companies could be headed for a slower-than-expected March quarter and a muted start to FY27 as escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia delay client decision-making at a sensitive juncture for the sector. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs things stand today, the impact on Indian IT companies will be a slowdown in decision-making in Q4. This could result in a slower-than-expected growth in the March quarter and Q1 of FY27. However, if things continue to escalate, then the slowdown could extend into Q2,\u201d said Gaurav Vasu, founder and chief executive of UnearthInsight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian information technology companies could be headed for a slower-than-expected March quarter and a muted start to FY27 as escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia delay client decision-making at a sensitive juncture for the sector. \u201cAs things stand today, the impact on Indian IT companies will be a slowdown in decision-making in Q4. This could result in a slower-than-expected growth in the March quarter and Q1 of FY27. However, if things continue to escalate, then the slowdown could extend into Q2,\u201d said Gaurav Vasu, founder and chief executive of UnearthInsight.<\/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-995984","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\/995984","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=995984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}