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Telecom sector is a continuously evolving sector with high technological obsolescence. It has seen transformation from Wire-line to Mobile services which has become lifeline of the people. Mobile services have also seen transformation from 2G to 3G to 4G to 5G and now 6G is in horizon.In furthering the vision of Honble Prime Minister of Universal and Affordable connectivity developing indigenous technology developing telecom and semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem taking lead in 6G Technology today Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Honble Union Minister for Railways Communications Electronics Information Technology in presence of Shri Devusinh Chauhan Honble Minister of State for Communications announcedFormation of the Bharat 6G Alliance B6GA a collaborative platform consisting of public and private companies academia research institutions and Standards development organizations.The website for Bharat6G Alliance was also launched the link for the same is httpsbharat6galliance.comB6GA will forge coalitions and synergies with other 6G Global Alliances fostering international collaboration and knowledge exchangeIn addition with a grant of 240.51 crores under the Telecom Technology Development Fund TTDF two agreements were signed for projects6G THz Testbed with Orbital Angular MomentumOAM Multiplexing through consortium of SAMEER IIT Madras IIT Guwahati and IIT PatnaAdvance Optical Communication Test Bed with Consortium Members as IIT Madras IIT Delhi Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology IIIT Delhi Signalchip Innovations Signaltron Systems Pvt Ltd Sasmos het Technologies Ltd SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd ERNET India Quanfluence Private Ltd Sterlite Technologies Limited Nav tech Tejas network.Further Under DCIS Digital Communication Innovation Square Grant of Rs. 48 crore to 66 Startups and MSMEs was also announced75 Innovators were also felicitated by DoT for their remarkable contributions to the field recognizing their outstanding achievements and dedication. Department of Telecommunications under DCIS Scheme has been funding such startups and MSMEs .Details of DCIS are available at httpsdcis.dot.gov.in Shri Devusinh Chauhan Minister of State for Communications stated India is a bright spot in the worlds economy and the telecom sector is brightest spot in India and lauded the stakeholders for the efforts. He added various citizen industry centric reforms has led to transparent spectrum auction of over 1.5 Lakh Crore in record time of 42 days and 2.70 lakh 5G sites in 9 months which is one of the fastest rollout in the world. He appreciated the efforts of the awardees and also thanked contribution of all stakeholder that has led to indigenous design of 4G and 5G technology and mentioned that with Bharat6G Alliance India shall now lead in 6G technology.Addressing the gathering Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister for Communications Railways and Electronics IT said that under the leadership of Honble Prime Minister in past nine years various series of reforms which include structural procedural reforms and relief measures have been undertaken for Telecom Sector that has led to transformation of Telecom Sector as a sunrise sector. He added that World is following the path of technology that India is following. He mentioned that in past 9 yearsData cost has been reduced from Rs.300GB in 2014 to Rs.10GB in 2023The Right of Way permission which took 230 days has been reduced to 9 daysBTS sites have been increased 4 times to 25 LakhFDI in Telecom Sector has increased to 24 billion DollarIn 5G India Telecom industry has clocked investment of over 2.25 Lakh coresAllocation of spectrum after the auction to TSPs was done in 24 hoursBSNL has become a market stabilizer and is now making operating profitsIndia is exporting technology to 12 countries including USA4G footprint is now 99 and for remaining 38000 crores has been put in to ensure 100 connectivityOver 2.7 lakh 5G tower have been installed almost at a rate of 1 Tower per minute making India among Top three 5G ecosystems in the World.Japan has aligned with India on Digital Payment system of India.Almost 1.5 lakh broadband connection have been provided in rural areas.Under PLI over 1600 crore investments has happened in Telecom ManufacturingOver 200 patents in 6G technology He said in consequence to Honble Prime Minister visit to United States of America India and USA shall co-create technology and the change shall be instrumental to Developed India. He also mentioned about the Semiconductor Mission wherein for Micron Technologies Land Approval and Project approval has been done within two weeks of announcement and Ground Breaking ceremony for first chip manufacturing unit shall be done with in next 40- 45 days. Five 5 design companies have been given approval for chip design out of which two shall be working in Telecom Sector. He also mentioned that India is developing Advance optical communication with zero latency that shall help in fields like Telemedical and Telesurgery. He further emphasized that Bharat 6G alliance shall provide a push for making India a leader in 6GTechnology and IPR.Aligned with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modis clarion call of adding Jan Anusandhaan in the new phase of Amrit Kaal Government of India with support of startups industry academia RD institutes is relentlessly working towards ensuring digital and mobile inclusivity across the country and empowering of common citizens through last mile digital revolution and rapid proliferation of mobile and digital services.
