Standards Will Play a Centre Stage during Roll Out 5G Services: Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan
HIGHLIGHTS
- Indian communications market is amongst the largest in the World.
- India was not at centre stage during 3G, 4G rollout: Aruna Sundararajan
- She was addressing the 5G India 2018 International Conference
According to Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), standards will play centre stage during the rollout of 5G across the country. With a better understanding of the technical challenges associated with the rollout of high speed, pervasive and reliable 5G networks, standards will assume centre stage. Although India was not centre stage during the rollout of 2G, 3G, and 4G, now 5G presents a excellent opportunity to us.
The Indian communications market is amongst the largest in the World, and it is vital that we join hands with administrations, industry and academia across the world to shape future communication networks,” said Sundararajan.
As per the secretary, the Indian communications market is amongst the largest globally, and it is vital that we join hands with administrations, industry, and academia across the world to shape future communication networks.
At present, India currently stands at a crucial juncture as the government is looking to successfully reap the potential benefits of an increasingly digitized economy, in light of the not so distant roll-out of the 5G technology.
