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World Queues Up as India Stacks Up


Leaders in the telecommunications industry India's digital public infrastructure model, which uses technology to link an individual's bank account, unique identity, and mobile-phone subscription, has been successful in providing state benefits to the needy without the possibility of leakage and without the need for expensive brick-and-mortar infrastructure, according to a report published on Friday.


At Asia's largest technology event, the India Mobile Congress, industry leaders such as Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio, Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group (the co-parent of Vodafone Idea), promised to increase spending to facilitate the nationwide deployment of 5G.


"Country after country, as well as the World Bank, United Nations, WTO, the Africa Union, the EU, G20, BRICS - everyone is chanting that the digital infrastructure model that India has built can accelerate the world economy, especially in those countries which have lack of infrastructure," Mittal stated.


Echoing the sentiment, Jio's Ambani said using the latest technology can improve the lives of people and the best example of it is India's digital public infrastructure, purpose-built on an integrated technology backbone that helps the state achieve its stated objective of financial inclusion for the underprivileged.


"Millions of youngsters like me are inspired by your work in making Digital India a means to build a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable world," Ambani remarked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


Ambani and Mittal, in their opening remarks for the India Mobile Congress, both emphasized their eagerness to provide broadband services via satellite.


Moreover, several nations in the global south are ready to adopt "India's path breaking digital public infrastructure assets across identity, payments, and data management," as stated by Kumar Mangalam Birla, additional director of Vodafone Idea.


Mittal also spoke highly of India's recent manufacturing successes, noting the influx of major firms like Apple and Samsung as well as smaller enterprises like the Tatas.


5G DEPLOYMENT

When asked about Airtel's rapid deployment of 5G technology, Mittal boasted about the company's record. We've got 5,000 cities and 20,000 villages covered with Airtel 5G. By March 2024, we would have covered the entire country with 5G. The global release time will be the quickest ever.


Ambani said that Reliance Jio had placed over 10 million 5G cells across all 22 Indian circles, accounting for 85 percent of the country's total 5G capacity.


He went on to say that all of the engineering, development, and production for Jio's 5G rollout has been done in India.


Our fixed wireless broadband services, Jiofiber and Jio Airfiber, have helped us strengthen our 5G network. "With the launch of 5G, Jio will be able to connect over 200 million previously unconnected homes and businesses," Ambani stated, proclaiming India the broadband capital of the world.

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