With 4G 5G Stack Ready, India to Be Major Telecom Tech Exporter: Vaishnaw

India joined the list of 5G countries, the fifth-generation wireless Networks, on October 01, 2022, when PM Shri Narendra Modi unveiled 5G at the India Mobile Congress 2022. Within 100 days, the total number of cities enabled with 5G reached more than 200. At the 5G launch event, the Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology and Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, said telecom is the gateway of Digital India and that a strong telecom sector is needed in this period of transition, terming the day as a Golden letter day in the history of telecom sector in India.

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Speaking at the Economic Times Global Business Summit 2023 on Saturday, Vaishnaw said India had proven its mettle with its indigenous 4G/5G technology stack, which is “now ready”, and the country is poised to emerge as a significant telecom technology exporter to the world in the coming three years, as per a PTI Report.

The 5G services were launched on October 1, 2022, and within 100 days, have been rolled out in 200-plus cities. The sheer speed of rollout has been appreciated by industry leaders globally and is being described in many international forums as the “fastest deployment happening anywhere in the world”, Vaishnaw said.

Vaishnaw highlighted the large-scale solutions tested on India stack across platforms such as payments, healthcare and identity. Each of these platforms is powerful in itself, but together become a dynamic force that can solve “any major problem in the world”. The minister said India is set to emerge as a telecom technology exporter to the world in the next three years.

“Today there are two Indian companies that are exporting telecom gear to the world. In the coming three years, we will see India as a major telecom technology exporter in the world,” Vaishnaw said.