New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday advocated for the early introduction of 5G (fifth generation) technology in India.
Ambani, in his keynote address at the inauguration of India Mobile Congress 2021, said that India should complete the migration from 2G to 4G and 5G at the earliest.
“The roll-out of 5G should be India’s national priority. At Jio, we are currently focused on 4G and 5G execution and broadband infrastructure expansion. We have developed a 100% in-house and comprehensive 5G solution that is completely cloud native and digitally managed. Because of our converged, future-proof architecture, Jio’s network can be rapidly and seamlessly upgraded from 4G to 5G,” Ha said, “with the aim of keeping millions of Indians confined to 2G at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid.” to deprive. Told them about the benefits of digital revolution.”
Ambani, whose company Reliance Jio started a revolution in cheap mobile data and connectivity in 2016, said the roll-out of 5G should be India’s national priority.
“We should not lose sight of the fact that affordability has been a key driver for the unprecedented rapid expansion of the mobile customer base in India. India should move towards greater digital inclusion, not greater digital exclusion Besides, fiber connectivity across India should be accomplished on a mission mode, Ambani said.
In his address, the Chairman of RIL said that Fiber has almost unlimited data carriage capacity. So, to be future ready, India has to be fibre-ready. Even during these covid times, Jio was able to introduce fiber to home to 5 million households.
Besides Mukesh Ambani, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajiv Chandrashekhar, MP Devusinh Chouhan, DoT Secretary K Rajaraman, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal and Chairman of Aditya Birla Group attended the meeting. Kumar Mangalam Birla was present.
Birla in his address said that a strong industry is essential to invest and accelerate the achievement of Digital India vision.
“Going forward, I believe the mobile industry will be crucial in achieving India’s vision of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025, of which $1 trillion will be contributed by the digital economy,” Birla said.
Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal has said the regulatory regime needs to be simplified to avoid fresh litigation in the sector and pitched for reduction in spectrum pricing and lower charges.
Mittal said there are a lot of litigation in the telecom sector and added that fresh cases should be avoided. Mittal said, “I would also like to request the government that one area where we need to bring down the temperature of our industry is actually the area of litigation, with a lot of litigation still pending.” He said that ongoing cases need to be settled and new cases should be avoided.
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