The government in 2017 had set up a high-level forum to evaluate and approve roadmaps and action plans to bring 5G in the country by 2020. The panel comprised of members from academia, industry stakeholders and secretaries of ministries of telecom, IT, and science and technology and set aside a corpus of Rs 500 crore for R&D activities.<\/p>","title":"Government panel set up in 2017","titleseo":"government-panel-set-up-in-2017","slideseolocationalt":"slide-shows\/indias-5g-journey-where-does-the-telecom-industry-stand\/government-panel-set-up-in-2017","prominentcolor":"","imgtype":"1"},"slideshows":[{"msid":"72370179","mstype":0,"denmarkslideshow":1,"strimg":"","thumbid":"72370313","secname":"India's 5G journey: Where does the telecom industry stand?","secnameseo":"india-s-5g-journey-where-does-the-telecom-industry-stand","msname":"Government panel set up in 2017","artdate":1575467694,"caption":"","msnameseo":"government-panel-set-up-in-2017","secmsname":"India's 5G journey: Where does the telecom industry stand?","secmsnameseo":"india-s-5g-journey-where-does-the-telecom-industry-stand","seolocationalt":"indias-5g-journey-where-does-the-telecom-industry-stand\/government-panel-set-up-in-2017"}],"filters":[],"url":"\/\/www.iser-br.com\/news\/vodafone-idea-cto-jagbir-singh-on-5g-network-strategy-openran-use-cases\/81912889","content":"