5G mobile services likely to be rolled out in about a month

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
08:
The
long-awaited
high-speed
5G
services
are
expected
to
be
rolled
out
in
about
a
month,
Minister
of
State
for
Telecom
Devusinh
Chauhan
said
on
Monday.

Addressing
the
inaugural
event
of
the
International
Telecommunication
Union’s
Regional
Standardisation
Forum
(RSF)
for
Asia
and
Oceania
region,
Chauhan
said
India
is
likely
to
deploy
indigenously
developed
and
manufactured
5G
telecom
gears
by
end
of
this
year
for
5G
services.

”In
about
a
month,
5G
mobile
services
will
roll
out
in
the
country,
which
will
have
multiplier
effects
on
the
development
of
all
sectors.
A
6G
Technology
Innovations
Group,
has
also
been
set
up,
which
is
working
towards
the
development
of
indigenous
6G
stack,” Chauhan
said.

He
said
that
the
government
is
promoting,
the
indigenously
designed,
developed
and
manufactured
advanced
telecom
technology,
and
as
a
result,
India
today
has
a
strong
home-grown
5G
mobile
communications
ecosystem.

”We
have
developed
a
fully
indigenous
5G
test
bed,
which
will
facilitate
testing
of
5G
network
elements.
By
the
end
of
this
year,
we
are
likely
to
see
indigenously
developed,
and
manufactured
5G
stack,
getting
deployed
in
rolling
out
5G
network
in
India,”
the
minister
said.

Indian
Army
plans
to
use
5G
network
along
border
to
improve
delivery
of
high-speed
data

India’s
biggest
ever
auction
of
telecom
spectrum
that
concluded
on
August
1
(Monday)
received
a
record
Rs
1.5
lakh
crore
of
bids,
with
Mukesh
Ambani’s
Jio
cornering
nearly
half
of
all
the
airwaves
sold
with
an
Rs
88,078
crore
bid.

The
minister
said
that
the
growth
in
the
Indian
telecom
market
has
been
spurred
by
the
market-friendly
policies
of
the
Modi
Government.

”We
initiated
a
number
of
structural
and
procedural
reforms
in
the
telecom
sector.
These
reforms
have
created
a
very
positive,
and
forward-looking
environment
for
the
telecom
industry.
As
a
result,
a
recent
5G
spectrum
auction
in
India
has
fetched
bids
of
USD
20
billion
(Rs
1.5
lakh
crore),” Chauhan
said.

He
said
that
Indian
engineers
have
developed
a
set
of
5G
standards,
which
will
facilitate
the
spread
of
the
5G
network
in
rural
areas.

The
Department
of
Telecommunications
also
hosted
an
exhibition
at
the
forum
venue
to
showcase
various
indigenously
developed
digital
products
and
services
of
India.