Mukesh Ambani hints at 5G rollout in H2 2021
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani hinted at the rollout of 5G telecommunications services in the second half of 2021 on Tuesday and said policy measures were needed to accelerate the early roll-out of ultra-high-speed 5G services that are affordable and available everywhere.
Ambani, whose four-year-old telecom company Jio took the top spot offering free voice and data calls at super low rates, also kicked off the development of hardware manufacturing in India, claiming the country could not count on imports in such a critical context. area.
5G is the 5th generation mobile network that connects virtually everyone and everything, including machines, things and devices.
India, he said, is today among the best digitally connected countries in the world.
In order to maintain this lead, policy measures are needed to accelerate the rapid deployment of 5G and make it affordable and available everywhere, he said. “I assure you that Jio will be the pioneer of the 5G revolution in India in the second half of 2021.”
Jio’s 5G will be powered by the locally developed network, hardware and technology components. “Jio’s 5G service will be a testament to your inspiring vision of AtmaNirbhar Bharat.”
Jio and other service providers like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea offer 4G services. However, the country also has a 2G network which only supports voice calls and text messaging.
No less than 300 million mobile subscribers in India are still trapped in the 2G era. participate in the digital economy, he said.
India has over a billion phone users.
His company offers low-cost smartphones that allow Internet access.
I can say with the utmost confidence that 5G will allow India not only to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but also to lead it, he said.
As the digitization of the Indian economy and Indian society accelerates, the demand for digital material will increase tremendously.
We cannot count on large scale imports in this area where the national need is critical, said Ambani, president and CEO of Reliance Industries Ltd.
Indicating that many top global companies are coming to India to set up manufacturing facilities, he said the country has developed world-class strengths in chip design.
I clearly foresee that India will become a major hub for the advanced semiconductor industry, he said. “When all stakeholders work together, we can certainly guarantee that India’s success in hardware will match our success in software.”
Jio Platforms, with its family of more than 20 start-up partners, has developed world-class capabilities in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, machine learning, Internet of objects and blockchain.
“We are creating compelling local solutions in the areas of education, health, agriculture, infrastructure, financial services and new commerce,” he said. “Each of these solutions, once proven in India, will be offered to the rest of the world to meet global challenges.”
My conviction comes from the enormous transformative power of digital technologies, he said.
India, he said, has two unique strengths – the confluence of three D’s – a vibrant democracy, a young demographics and digital transformation, and the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As the COVID-19 outbreak posed deadly challenges, the high-speed 4G connectivity infrastructure has proven to be India’s digital lifeline, he said.
Throughout 2020 India worked online, studied online, bought online, received healthcare online, socialized online, gambled online. “Simply put, India has thrived online.”
With the coronavirus-induced recession behind, Ambani said India’s economy will not only rebound, but also grow with unprecedented acceleration.
“India can – and India will – prove the cynics wrong by becoming a $5,000 billion economy,” he said. “It will be a more equal India, with increased incomes, more jobs and a better quality of life for 1 billion Indians in the middle and bottom of the economic pyramid.”
