Govt Looking to Ensure 100 Mbps Per Customer With 6G: Report

Govt Looking to Ensure 100 Mbps Per Customer With 6G: Report
India is set to surpass Japan and Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027. The digital highway in India is the most advanced following the 5G rollout in 22 months, among the fastest in the world, covering 99 percent of the country’s districts and 82 percent of the population, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, according to an ET report.

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Vision for 6G in India

And with 6G technology, “we are looking to ensure 100 Mbps data speeds per customer. We are today at 20 Mbps. So, we are looking at a jump of five. We were at 1.5 Mbps 10 years ago.” He reportedly made these remarks during a fireside chat at the Global Business Summit.

He also noted that India is on its way to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2028, and exceed USD 6 trillion by 2030.

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Access to Capital in India

Compared to the 1970s and 1980s, when access to capital was the primary growth challenge, capital today has become a commodity, the minister noted, according to the report. “It’s new ideas and entrepreneurial capability that is powering individuals, powering companies, and powering nations, and we happen to have a huge amount of power there and potential there,” he added.

Unicorns in India

India has achieved monumental changes in the past 10 years. From no unicorns a decade ago to 118 now among 140,000 startups, aided by a Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds that can be leveraged 8-10 times by the startup ecosystem, India is on its way to transforming into an advanced economy, the minister reportedly said.