siliconindia | | AUGUST 20229will be a stepping stone towards the development and deployment of indigenous 5G technology for addressing the needs of the country and will open up new global opportunities for the home grown OEMs", GX India CEO Paritosh Prajapati said.Tech Mahindra's Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth, Jagdish Mitra tweeted that the Prime Minister's mention of the present decade being 'Techade' and specific mention of 5G in India as an era of growth is a huge boost for the industry. IT industry body Nasscom said combined with emerging technologies, India's technology innovation has impacted the world. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi added during his speech 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan' the need to emphasize technology innovation and research to steer the country's growth", Nasscom said. IT company Comviva's Chief Executive Officer Manoranjan Mohapatra said the PMs push for 5G has resulted in the timely onset of 5G services in India, which will be rolled out in a matter of weeks."5G is not just a next generation of telecommunication technology, it will also pave the way for a robust Digital India and value added services will play a huge role in driving the next level of customer adoption and experience for individuals and enterprises. "Next level of growth will come from many enterprise centric use cases leveraging the speed and low latency of 5G", he said. Bharti Airtel will start rolling out 5G services this month and cover all towns and key rural areas of the country by March 2024. The country's largest telecom player Jio has completed 5G coverage planning in top 1,000 cities and conducted field trials of its home-grown 5G telecom gear.Modi said the Digital India movement, where the government is taking steps towards 5G, treading towards semiconductors, laying of networks of optical fibre, is not only a sign of modernisation but there are three big powers embedded in it. "Complete revolution in education is going to come through the digital medium. Revolution in health services is going to come from the digital medium. Any big revolution in life is going to come through the digital medium. A new world is getting ready. This decade is the time of techade for humanity. It is a decade of technology", he said.
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