NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought to put India as a big exporter of telecom eraas an alternative of being a shopper, and underlined how the rustic provides agree with and scale.
The PM’s remark, whilst unveiling a highway map and a imaginative and prescient file for construction world management within the next-gen 6G products and services and its eco-system and utilization, comes at a time when a number of international locations — from Australia to the United Kingdom and the United States — are shunning Chinese corporations corresponding to Huawei and ZTE and having a look at European and Korean corporations to fulfill their telecom infrastructure wishes.
“It is herbal to have expectancies from India once we discuss bridging the technological divide. India’s capacity, its innovation tradition, infrastructure, professional and cutting edge manpower, a good coverage surroundings, are the root for this expectation. In addition, India has two different essential key parts — agree with and scale. Without agree with and scale, we will’t take era to each nook,” he said, while inaugurating the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Area Office and Innovation Center in India.
Telecom and IT minister Ashwhini Vaishnav and external affairs minister S Jaishankar were present at the event, which was also addressed by ITU Secretary General Doreen-Bogdan Martin.
In recent years, the government has focused on developing an indigenous 5G stack and is in talks with the US and other countries for launching a test bed, while also collaborating to develop 6G capability that will help cut dependence on foreign players.
Emphasizing that India is now “essentially the most hooked up democracy” in the world, Modi said the country’s efforts in developing new-age telecom technologies have become a matter of discussion all around the world.
“Telecom technology for India is not a mode of power, but a mission to empower,” the PM said, adding that digital technology is universal in the country and is accessible to everyone. “… broadband connectivity had six crore users in India before 2014, but that number has gone up to more than 80 crore today. The number of internet connections in India is more than 85 crore compared to 25 crore before 2014.”
He said India’s telecom technologies are attracting the attention of many nations in the world, and added that while the country was a mere user of services before 4G, now it is moving towards becoming one of the biggest exporter of technologies globally. “India is working with many countries to change the work culture of the whole world with the power of 5G.”
Lauding the pace at which 5G services are being rolled out across the country, he said the country is rapidly moving towards the next step of digital revolution. “India is the country with the fastest 5G rollout in the world as 5G services have been rolled out in more than 125 cities in just 120 days and 5G services have reached approximately 350 districts. India is now discussing 6G just six months after 5G rollout. The vision document will become a major basis for 6G rollout in next few years.
Modi said India’s 5G standards are part of global 5G systems and the country will now work closely with ITU for standardization of future technologies. “The Indian ITU Area place of job may even lend a hand in growing the precise surroundings for 6G.”
The PM additionally unveiled Bharat 6G Vision Document and introduced 6G R&D check mattress. The file has been ready by means of Technology Innovation Group on 6G (TIG-6G) that was once constituted in November 2021, with participants from more than a few ministries, analysis and building establishments, academia, standardization our bodies, telecom operators and trade, to expand a highway map and Action plans for 6G.
The PM’s remark, whilst unveiling a highway map and a imaginative and prescient file for construction world management within the next-gen 6G products and services and its eco-system and utilization, comes at a time when a number of international locations — from Australia to the United Kingdom and the United States — are shunning Chinese corporations corresponding to Huawei and ZTE and having a look at European and Korean corporations to fulfill their telecom infrastructure wishes.
“It is herbal to have expectancies from India once we discuss bridging the technological divide. India’s capacity, its innovation tradition, infrastructure, professional and cutting edge manpower, a good coverage surroundings, are the root for this expectation. In addition, India has two different essential key parts — agree with and scale. Without agree with and scale, we will’t take era to each nook,” he said, while inaugurating the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Area Office and Innovation Center in India.
Telecom and IT minister Ashwhini Vaishnav and external affairs minister S Jaishankar were present at the event, which was also addressed by ITU Secretary General Doreen-Bogdan Martin.
In recent years, the government has focused on developing an indigenous 5G stack and is in talks with the US and other countries for launching a test bed, while also collaborating to develop 6G capability that will help cut dependence on foreign players.
Emphasizing that India is now “essentially the most hooked up democracy” in the world, Modi said the country’s efforts in developing new-age telecom technologies have become a matter of discussion all around the world.
“Telecom technology for India is not a mode of power, but a mission to empower,” the PM said, adding that digital technology is universal in the country and is accessible to everyone. “… broadband connectivity had six crore users in India before 2014, but that number has gone up to more than 80 crore today. The number of internet connections in India is more than 85 crore compared to 25 crore before 2014.”
He said India’s telecom technologies are attracting the attention of many nations in the world, and added that while the country was a mere user of services before 4G, now it is moving towards becoming one of the biggest exporter of technologies globally. “India is working with many countries to change the work culture of the whole world with the power of 5G.”
Lauding the pace at which 5G services are being rolled out across the country, he said the country is rapidly moving towards the next step of digital revolution. “India is the country with the fastest 5G rollout in the world as 5G services have been rolled out in more than 125 cities in just 120 days and 5G services have reached approximately 350 districts. India is now discussing 6G just six months after 5G rollout. The vision document will become a major basis for 6G rollout in next few years.
Modi said India’s 5G standards are part of global 5G systems and the country will now work closely with ITU for standardization of future technologies. “The Indian ITU Area place of job may even lend a hand in growing the precise surroundings for 6G.”
The PM additionally unveiled Bharat 6G Vision Document and introduced 6G R&D check mattress. The file has been ready by means of Technology Innovation Group on 6G (TIG-6G) that was once constituted in November 2021, with participants from more than a few ministries, analysis and building establishments, academia, standardization our bodies, telecom operators and trade, to expand a highway map and Action plans for 6G.
