The telco sector has a skills problem; that fact is nothing new. But the issue is not just in the limited supply of talent – it is also endemic in the industry itself. The problem is being exacerbated by the increasing role AI is playing in the sector, and all sectors for that matter, which means the telco sector is in stiffer competition for new talent from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) field than ever before. The concern is that telecommunications has an image problem. While the sector desperately wants new talent, it is dominated by a limited demographic of older white male workers. In the UK, some 60% of the engineers in the UK are over the age…