Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning India India entered the 5G era on Saturday with the launch of 5G telephony services in the country at the Mobile Summit 2022. Initially available in select cities, ultra-high-speed internet on mobile phones will be progressively expanded across the country over the next few years. years.
Describing this momentous occasion as a historic day for the country, PM Modi said that the government has focused on four pillars. “First, the cost of the device. Second, digital connectivity. Third, the cost of data. Fourth, and most important, the idea of ’digital first’,” Modi said, adding that his government is working on “internet for all”. .
“It is a historic day for 21st century India. 5G technology will revolutionize the telecom sector. This summit is global but the voice and event is local,” Modi said, adding that the achievement was a product of initiatives like Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
At the time of 2G, 3G and 4G, India was dependent on other countries for technology. but with 5GIndia has created a new history. With 5G, India is setting a global standard in telecom technology for the first time,” the PM further said.
Talking about the success of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, Modi said: “Many people made fun of my Atmanirbhar Bharat. But we have increased mobile phone manufacturing units in India. Eight years ago, there were only two mobile manufacturing units. Today, there are over 200 units in India. We are second in the world.”
“From exporting zero mobile phones in 2014, today we have become a mobile phone exporting country worth thousands of crores. Naturally, all these efforts have had an impact on the cost of the device. Now we are getting more facilities at lesser cost.
Capable of supporting ultra-high-speed internet, the fifth generation or 5G service is expected to unleash new economic opportunities and social benefits while serving as a transformative force for Indian society.
After the 5G launch by the PM, three major telecom operators – Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea demonstrated a use case to showcase the potential of 5G technology in India.
Mukesh AmbaniReliance Jio connected a teacher from a Mumbai school with students from three different locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha.
In the Airtel Demo, a girl from Uttar Pradesh witnessed a vibrant and immersive education experience to learn about the Solar System with the help of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. The girl shared her experience with the Prime Minister by appearing on the stage through a hologram.
The Vodafone Idea trial demonstrated the safety of workers in an under-construction tunnel of the Delhi Metro through the construction of a ‘digital twin’ of the tunnel on the platform.
Earlier in the event, the PM visited the pavilion at the India Mobile Congress set up by various telecom operators and technology providers to get a first-hand experience of what 5G can do.
He started from the stall of Reliance Jio, where he saw the ‘True 5G’ device and experienced the use case through Jio Glass. Along with Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal and Vodafone Idea’s Kumar Mangalam Birla, he spent time understanding the indigenous development of end-to-end 5G technology. He then visited the stalls of Airtel, Vodafone Idea, C-DOT and others.
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