India aims at 6G rollout by ’30: PM

Modi says high speed data to create more jobs

New Delhi, May 17: India is targeting the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

India currently has 3G and 4G telecom networks and companies are gearing up to launch 5G over the next few months.

Speaking at the silver jubilee event of telecom sector regulator Trai here, the Prime Minister said it is estimated that the 5G network rollout will add $450 billion to the Indian economy.

“This is not just increasing internet speed but also the pace of development and creating jobs,” he said, adding the 5G technology will bring positive change in governance of the country, ease of living and ease of doing business. “It will boost growth in agriculture, health, education, infrastructure and logistics,” he said.

Connectivity, Modi said, will decide the progress of the country in the 21st century and so modern

● Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a task force has started work on rolling out the 6G network by the end of the decade.

● He said indigenous 5G test bed in telecom sector is an important step in India’s selfreliance.

day infrastructure needs to be rolled out.

According to the Prime Minister, a task force has started work on rolling out the 6G network by the end of the decade.

Taking potshots at the previous Congress-led UPA government, Modi said the 2G era was symbolic of policy paralysis and corruption.

The country, under his government, has moved transparently to 4G and is now going to 5G and Trai has played a very important role in this transition, Modi said.

Indigenous 5G test bed in telecom sector is an important step in India’s self-reliance, he added.

Telecom minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said the country’s scientists and engineers have developed a complete 4G stack which is ready for deployment by the BSNL and the 5G stack is at an advanced stage of development.

“By the end of this year, we should see our indigenously developed 5G technology stack,” he said.

He also said that reforms will be carried out at the spectrum management arm of the Department of Telecom — Wireless Planning Commission — by the end of this month.

Minister of state for communications Devusinh Chauhan said that indigenously developed 4G telecom gears will be deployed in BSNL network by end of this year.