Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a 5G Test Bed at the silver jubilee celebrations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). It is developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras.
The PM attended the event as the chief guest through video conferencing. He also launches a postal stamp on this occasion.
Apart from IIT Madras, other institutes involved in the project are IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), and Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT).
The PM said, “I congratulate all the people involved in the development of the 5G test bed, and I invite all the companies working in telecom to come to test their 5G products and services with the test bed.”
As per the PM office, the project involves a cost of more than Rs 220 crore. The Test Bed will help a supportive ecosystem for Indian industry and startups which will help them validate their products, prototypes, solutions and algorithms in 5G and next-generation technologies.
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