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Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary NEST (New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies), Ministry of External Affairs. (file photo) NEW DELHI: 5G-driven use cases and applications have started taking shape in India, and the deployment of the fifth-generation technology, as well as, the transition to 5G-Advanced and 6G in the future will create economic opportunities for the country, said a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). “In the context of revenue potential and opportunities, I think the deployment of 5G and the future transition to 5G-Advanced and 6G is creating an unprecedented economic opportunity for India,” said Mahaveer Singhvi , Joint Secretary NEST (New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies), Ministry of External Affairs.
Advt The official was speaking at the first-edition of the ETTelecom 5G Industries Innovation Summit 2024. The fifth-generation (5G) networks have opened a new chapter in India’s technological revolution, he added. “Our telecom operators have ensured that the benefit of this next generation technology reaches both urban regions and the hinterlands.
This is not just a leap in the connectivity, it is the opening of a new chapter in India technological revolution,” Singhvi said. India’s top telecom carriers Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel concluded their nationwide 5G deployments earlier this year. Executives of the telcos, and AK Lahoti, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ), at the event said that more 5G-driven use cases and applications are expected to emerge in the coming times, in addition to 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) and enhanced mobile broadband.
Singhvi said the high bandwidth and low-latency features of the 5G are set to transform multiple industries, enhance their capabilities and bring innovations “that were once in the domain of science itself into everyday reality”. The combination of 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) creates a paradigm shift across industries, including automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, and public utilities, Singhvi said. “Public utilities and infrastructure could benefit immensely.
5G smart cities with IoT-enabled infrastructure can manage everything from traffic flow to energy consumption, providing better living conditions for all and all these developments are not abstract possibilities. They are tangible realities taking shape around us, and Bharat is at the forefront of these changes,” he said. Advt “The transformational wave of the next generation technologies like 5G, 5G-Advanced, and the forthcoming 6G are defining the future of the globe, as well as, India,” he concluded.
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