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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Telecom service providers can take benefits of enhanced coverage through low mobility large cell (LMLC) technology-driven 5Gi<\/a>, a locally-developed standard subset, following the approval from the 3GPP, and gear makers worldwide would conform to such requirements, a top executive of national standards body said.

\"The equipment that we get into our country, whether it is developed in India or overseas and imported, they will conform to these (5Gi) requirements which means telecom operators will be able to implement the LMLC capability and thereby provide extended coverage,\" NG Subramaniam, chief operating officer of
Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> (TCS), and Chairman, Telecommunications Standards Development Society<\/a>, India (TSDSI) told ETTelecom.

Subramaniam further said that the local technology that has a capability to achieve better rural coverage, and following deliberations with partners, bodies and stakeholders, has been recognised as a meaningful requirement, and it would be incorporated into the 3GPP
5G<\/a> standards.

The 3GPP or the third-generation partnership project, is a global initiative that provides standards and specifications for telecom technologies.

The move would enable creation of a single radio access solution for next generation network deployments in India and worldwide.

Last month, the decision to merge 5Gi into the overall 5G standard was taken in the 3GPP's plenary discussions.

The 5G Radio Interface Technology (RIT) called 5Gi is an initiative of the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India together with academia, whose merger plan with the global 5G standards, has now been submitted to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and India's engineering centre.
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Multinational telecom gear makers say PLI for 5G equipment to position India as global manufacturing hub<\/a><\/h2>

“Design-led initiatives for 5G under the PLI scheme and 5% of USOF for R&D purposes will strengthen the ‘Make in India’ initiative, and contribute to making India a global manufacturing hub,” said Nitin Bansal, MD, India & Head-Networks - Southeast Asia, Oceania, and India at Ericsson.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Telecom service providers can take benefits of enhanced coverage through low mobility large cell (LMLC) technology-driven 5Gi<\/a>, a locally-developed standard subset, following the approval from the 3GPP, and gear makers worldwide would conform to such requirements, a top executive of national standards body said.

\"The equipment that we get into our country, whether it is developed in India or overseas and imported, they will conform to these (5Gi) requirements which means telecom operators will be able to implement the LMLC capability and thereby provide extended coverage,\" NG Subramaniam, chief operating officer of
Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> (TCS), and Chairman, Telecommunications Standards Development Society<\/a>, India (TSDSI) told ETTelecom.

Subramaniam further said that the local technology that has a capability to achieve better rural coverage, and following deliberations with partners, bodies and stakeholders, has been recognised as a meaningful requirement, and it would be incorporated into the 3GPP
5G<\/a> standards.

The 3GPP or the third-generation partnership project, is a global initiative that provides standards and specifications for telecom technologies.

The move would enable creation of a single radio access solution for next generation network deployments in India and worldwide.

Last month, the decision to merge 5Gi into the overall 5G standard was taken in the 3GPP's plenary discussions.

The 5G Radio Interface Technology (RIT) called 5Gi is an initiative of the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India together with academia, whose merger plan with the global 5G standards, has now been submitted to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and India's engineering centre.
\"Multinational<\/a><\/figure>

Multinational telecom gear makers say PLI for 5G equipment to position India as global manufacturing hub<\/a><\/h2>

“Design-led initiatives for 5G under the PLI scheme and 5% of USOF for R&D purposes will strengthen the ‘Make in India’ initiative, and contribute to making India a global manufacturing hub,” said Nitin Bansal, MD, India & Head-Networks - Southeast Asia, Oceania, and India at Ericsson.<\/p><\/div>