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Updated: Mar 23, 2023 02:26 IST

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Highlighting the nation’s stride in know-how and innovation Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday asserted that India ought to lead the world in 6G know-how.
Vaishnaw attended the Communication Ministers’ Conclave held in New Delhi, with the theme of ‘Enabling Innovation in Telecommunications to Ensure Digital Transformation of the Society’.
“Sometime back our Prime Minister gave us a target that in 5G we must stand shoulder to shoulder with the world and in 6G we must take the lead. On the basis of the target, all of us…the country has worked, the academia, and the entrepreneurs have worked and the 6G vision was inaugurated today. By now more than 127 patents for 6G technologies have been obtained by our people,” Vaishnaw mentioned.
“Today, India is confidently developing products and technology. Take the case of defence, steel, railways and renewable energy, in every sector India is embarking on developing technology rather than consuming technology. That is the mindset shift that happened in the last eight years,” he mentioned.
The occasion introduced collectively Communication Ministers and senior authorities officers from throughout the South Asia area, in addition to representatives of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The discussions converged on the newest developments within the subject of telecommunications, with a deal with rising applied sciences, regulatory points, and the position of governments in driving innovation and progress. They additionally addressed the challenges confronted by the telecommunication sector.

The discussions emphasised the necessity for sustained funding in broadband infrastructure, improvement of schooling and digital abilities in addition to the significance of collaboration between governments, the trade and society in creating an enabling surroundings for digital innovation.
The Conclave concluded with a dedication to advertise a extra inclusive and sustainable digital future and to collaborate on a variety of points, together with 5G, cybersecurity, and using digital applied sciences for social and financial improvement.
Vaishnaw additionally inaugurated the seventeenth India Telecom 2023, a world enterprise expo organized by Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC).
The fundamental goal of the occasion was to offer alternatives to startups, MSMEs and Indian telecom stakeholders to fulfill potential abroad consumers. Additionally, the Indian innovators had been additionally felicitated on the event. These included innovators of the 5G Hackathon, the Advance Optical Communication Testbed Project, the 5G O-RAN Project and the Digital Communication Innovation Square, mentioned the Ministry of Communications assertion.
Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Area Office and Innovation Centre of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nation physique.
PM Modi additionally launched key initiatives of the central authorities in the identical occasion, together with the revealing of Bharat 6G Vision Document and launched 6G Testbed Project and ‘Call Before u Dig’ cellular app. (ANI)