Centre to set up 100 5G labs across India to promote innovation: IT Minister

The government will set up 100 5G labs across the country and some of these labs will become incubators to train students, and promote innovation, research and experimentation, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on October 3.

“We are going to set up 100 5G labs across the country. I request the telecom industry to come together and convert at least 12 of these 100 labs into telecom incubators to train students and do experiments,” he said on the second day of the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022.

Vaishnaw said the government is working significantly towards simplifying the licensing system for all telecom players.

“I am really happy to see the energy of startups and MSMEs who are going to rural areas to benefit people,” he told the gathering.

The minister also invited comments for the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the launch of 5G is going to be a defining moment for not only India but for the world.

“A large economy like India which has talent is emerging from the shadows to take a leadership role. We are now indigenously designing, developing and manufacturing goods and showing the world the scale and speed with which we will take 5G through the length and breadth of India,” the minister said at the event.

“Today, 130 crore Indians are getting a wonderful gift in the form of 5G from the country and from the telecom industry of the country. 5G is a knock on the doors of a new era in the country. 5G is the beginning of an infinite sky of opportunities. I congratulate every Indian for this,” he had said.