Telstra has flagged it will cut up to 170 jobs as it shifts part of its back office operations to India, amid sweeping changes to the company’s operations.

It comes after a different announcement in May that it would reorganise its operational activities into five groups, three of which - Networks, IT Solutions and Customer Service Delivery – would be new.

Telstra rings in sweeping changes to its operations. Credit:Peter Braig

It also said in May that those changes would affect about half of its 30,000 strong domestic workforce.But the job cuts announced today are part of a different restructure of operations.

Telstra staff were told of the potential cuts before the plan was made public.