Prime Minister Narendra Modi The country’s 5G services were officially launched on October 1, 2022, ushering in the era of ultra-high-speed mobile Internet.
After the launch, like many industry experts, Srijan Pal Singh, who was policy advisor and technology Explained to the 11th President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam what to expect from this technology in the years to come.
“March of India These 5G technology is indeed ushering in a new era of Digital India.”
According to him, 5G is expected to impact a wide range of industries including agriculture, healthcare, education and even governance.
He told News18 that agriculture would benefit from better knowledge of products in real time and enabling IoT-connected devices like drones and tools.
“The introduction of 5G-enabled technologies is projected to transform the telco and other industries by enabling many innovative, innovative technologies. Applications in the global economy powered by 5G technology are projected to generate over $12 trillion by 2035,” he said.
Singh said 5G brings unprecedented speed and low latency, allowing autonomous, or even fully self-driving, cars to become a reality on Indian roads.
He said an autonomous vehicle is expected to generate up to 25 GB of data per hour, which can be handled only by 5G.
“Imagine, every year we lose over 150,000 lives due to road accidents – all of which can be avoided by using cars that are networked with each other,” Singh said.
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Additionally, according to the expert, to understand the impact of 5G, it needs to be highlighted that today people can get 100 Mbps (Megabits per second) data speed on 4G, whereas with 5G, it is 10,000 Mbps. (or) will reach. 10Gbps), about 100 times faster.
He believes that with 5G connectivity, India can truly realize the dream of creating a knowledge economy in a village.
Singh also said that 5G is expected to bring processing power to 600,000 villages in India, which is in line with Dr Kalam’s model (PURA) of providing urban amenities in rural areas, where he talked about how Electronic connectivity will be the biggest asset for rural development of India. and economic empowerment.
However, as it is believed that 5G will fuel the concept of Digital India, many wonder if it will make 3G and 4G obsolete.
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“Not immediately, but as horse carriages were replaced by cars – new, cheaper and better technology will be adopted by society in favor of old systems,” Singh said.
Elaborating further, he said that there is also the question of devices that are compatible with 5G in a short time. They are currently about 10-20% more expensive than their 4G counterparts. Also, consumers already have older generation devices, which will take time to replace them accordingly.
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The service is being rolled out in 13 cities, which means it will be available to less than 10% of the population.
Singh mentioned that in the period 2023-2040, 5G technologies will contribute about $450 billion to the Indian economy, or about 0.6% of GDP.
According to global telecom industry body GSMA, India will have 920 million unique mobile subscribers by 2025, of which about 10% will be 5G users, while other organizations have been more optimistic, putting the figure up to 20%.
According to Singh, in the short term, there will be an immediate boost for IT-based industries and also for the ‘gig economy’. The power of IoT, network devices and human-machine interface-based industry will see a significant impact within this decade due to 5G.
As of July 2022, about 70 countries, including the US, China and most of Europe, had 5G networks installed, up from only 38 in mid-2020.
Asked where he sees India’s position as compared to the technology available in the US and China, he said both the countries are a few years ahead of India in 5G implementation and hence we need to make significant investments to accelerate the rollout of 5G. is also required. ,
He also pointed out that cyber security challenges could potentially arise in the 5G era.
Singh, who co-authored the book Target 3 Billion and Advantage India with Dr Kalam, suggested that 5G devices and network manufacturing should be as indigenous as possible.
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They believe that this will not only provide support to the economy, but will also be important from the point of view of national security.
The expert added: “This is especially true for Chinese companies as Chinese cyber security law compels all companies to essentially share all data with the government.”
“Most countries including India have been wary of this. Actually, India has so far excluded Chinese companies from 5G. In future also, we should be alert not only from China, but also of any other foreign conspiracies and infiltration into our 5G leap,” Singh said.
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