IIT Chennai to develop 5G Technology in India

NewDelhi Feb 3: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday has presented the budget and the government has also focused on telecom sector and has announced some incentives.

Fm has said that "Task of connecting one lakh gram panchayat through high-speed optical fiber network has been completed under phase I of the Bharatnet project. This has enabled broadband access to over 20 crores rural Indians in about two lakh fifty thousand villages. The Government also proposes to set up five lakh wi-fi hotspots which will provide broadband access to five crore rural citizens. I have provided RS 10000 crore in 2018-19 for creation and augmentation of Telecom Infrastructure."

Jaitley added that "To harness the benefit of emerging new technologies, particularly the 'Fifth Generation' (5G) technologies and its adoption, the Department of Telecom will support the establishment of an indigenous 5G Test Bed at IIT, Chennai."