Indian Government to set up 100 5G labs in the country: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

  • The Govt is working significantly towards simplifying the license regime for all telecom players. India has the capability and should become the telecom capital of the world, said Honorable Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
  • As one of the biggest telecom exhibitions in the country, India Mobile Congress is now posed to be launched on a global scale and rebranded as the Asia Mobile Congress, said Honorable Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. He also urged the organisers to set up a committee in the next 30 days and begin designing a format for Asia Mobile Congress. 
  • The India Mobile Congress 2022 is hosting engaging and thought-provoking sessions with the presence of policymakers, thought leaders, industry experts, academicians and students.  The key highlights of Day 2 were sessions including ‘Automated Networks for 5G workloads’, ‘Startups: From ideas to executions’, Security: A business priority in the connected world,’ ‘5G test beds: From lab to the field,’ and many others.

​​New Delhi, India, October 2, 2022: After the historic launch of 5G services in India, Union Minister ​​for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology​ Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the Indian Government is going to set up 100 5G labs across the country. He was speaking on Day 2 of the 6th edition of Asia’s largest technology exhibition India Mobile Congress (IMC 2022) at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.

The Minister also invited comments for the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022. He added Gov​ernment is working significantly towards simplifying the license regime for all telecom players and urged the telecom industry to convert a minimum 12 of these labs into incubators to train students, promote innovation, research and experiment. The 2nd day of the ongoing edition was also graced by the presence of Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal who visited the exhibition and​  lauded efforts of researchers, private organisations, startups and others.

​​Union Minister ​​for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said,” We are going to set up 100 5G labs across the country. I request the telecom industry to come together and convert at least 12 of these 100 labs into telecom incubators to train students and do experiments.​​The Govt. is working significantly towards simplifying the license regime for all telecom players. I am really happy to see the energy of startups and MSMEs who are going to rural areas to benefit people.”

During his visit to the exhibition later in the day,Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal​ said,”​ The launch of 5G is going to be a defining moment for not only India but for the world. A large economy like India which has talent is emerging from the shadows to take a leadership role. We are now indigenously designing, developing and manufacturing goods and showing the world the scale and speed with which we will take 5G through the length and breadth of India. Some of the products that I saw displayed here, at one point of time it was assumed that they had to be imported. I must compliment all the researchers, private organisations for their innovative work. I must compliment the startups for the way in which they are finding very practical solutions to the day to day problems of business and people’s living.”

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