India will propose 100 5G labs to develop new apps, services

CIOTechOutlook Team | Wednesday, 01 February 2023, 08:39 IST

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The Centre announced to establish up 100 laboratories in the top engineering universities to create 5G apps and services as the roll-out of 5G in India picks up speed.
 
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel helped India roll out 5G services in October of last year, and hundreds of cities and towns now have access to the technology.
 
"To realise new opportunities, business models and employment potential, the 5G labs will cover applications such as smart classrooms, precision farming, intelligent transport systems and healthcare applications," said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech.
 
Based on the Economic Survey for 2022–2023, the introduction of 5G services can open up new economic prospects, assist the nation in overcoming historical development constraints, encourage innovations from startups and large-scale businesses, and achieve the "Digital India" agenda.
 
The Survey said that 5G could impact consumers directly through higher data transfer speeds and lower latency, "and use cases developed by telcos and start-ups in education, health, worker safety and smart agriculture, among others, are now being deployed across the country".
 
"The massive wave of digitisation, increased penetration of smartphones, and adoption of technology have opened the doors for both traditional and new-age sectors," it said.
 
According to Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group, CMR, the proposal to set-up 100 labs for developing 5G applications at Indian engineering institutions "is a step in the right direction to realize new opportunities that 5G posits, and develop India-specific 5G use cases for education, healthcare and agriculture, among others".
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