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“130 crore Indians are getting a wonderful gift in the form of 5G<\/a> 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,” Modi said in his inaugural address.
“5G is the beginning of an infinite sky of opportunities. I congratulate every Indian for this,” he added. He noted with satisfaction that in this launch of 5G and the march of technology, rural areas and workers are equal partners.
The Prime Minister along with telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, telecom secretary K Rajaraman, minister of state for communications Devusinh Chauhan, Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, and Vodafone Idea<\/a>’s Kumar Mangalam Birla visited the pavilions set up by the three telcos at the venue.
PM Modi also spent time understanding the indigenous development of end-to-end 5G technology. He launched the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT)’s indigenously designed and developed 5G Nonstandalone (NSA) Core.
The Prime Minister started from Jio’s pavilion, where he witnessed ‘True 5G’ devices at display and experienced the use cases through Jio Glass<\/a>.
“Every action and policy<\/a> of the government is skillfully crafted to propel India, towards that goal. Steps taken to fast-track India’s march into the 5G era provide compelling proof of our Prime Minister’s determination,” said Ambani. He highlighted the possibilities of 5G in key areas like education, health and climate, and others.
Mittal said that 5G will open up a sea of opportunities for people, especially in India’s rural areas. “Along with Digital India, the Prime Minister also took forward the Start-up India campaign and soon enough, India started producing unicorns,” he added, “With the advent of 5G, I’m sure that the country will add many more unicorns in the world.”
Birla thanked the prime minister for his inspirational role in supporting the telecom industry during the ongoing pandemic and for the telecom reforms in the industry. He said that the launch of 5G marks the beginning of an exciting journey for India. “We will see limitless potential for 5G development and use cases in the years to come.”
At IMC, Jio demonstrated Augmented Reality (AR) use cases by connecting a school teacher in Mumbai with students from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha. The Prime Minister interacted with students from Dnyanjyoti Savitribai Phule School, Raigad, Maharashtra in presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde. Students from Ropda Primary School, Gandhinagar, Gujarat connected in presence of Gujarat Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel. The Prime Minister also interacted with students from SLS Memorial School, Myurbhanj, Odisha in presence of Odisha Chief Minister, Navin Patnaik.
The Vodafone Idea test case demonstrated the safety of workers in an under-construction tunnel of Delhi Metro through the creation of a Digital Twin of the tunnel. PM took a live demo from the dais to monitor the work in real-time by utilizing VR and Artificial Intelligence.