5G technology has reached almost all districts of India. As of today,98% districts in India have presence of 5G technology thereby empowering citizens with highspeed data network.
5G networks have been rolled out in all States/ UTs across the country and more than 4.5 lakh 5G Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) have been installed across the country.
Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bharat 6G Vision in March 2023 with the objective to be a front-line contributor in design, development and deployment of 6G technology by 2030.
In line with the Bharat 6G Vision and to support India’s prominence in 6G technology and develop the 6G RAN for the world, the DoT invited proposals from academia, industry, and other bodies engaged in R&D. So far 111 project proposalshave been processed for funding to exp edite the research under “Accelerated research on 6G Ecosystem”.
Labs with indigenously developed 5G technology are being set up at 100 institutions, equally distributed across four zones in the country.
The labs are being set up with the aim of capacity building in new telecom technologies and creating use cases in various socio-economic sectors for 5G technologies in collaboration with academia and
start-ups. From June 2024 onwards, 41 out of the total 100 labs have been installed making the cumulatively installed labs to 81.
