Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday said that India should roll out 5G or fifth-generation technology as a national priority to support India's digital revolution. The Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) also put special emphasis on completing the migration from 2G to 4G to 5G at the earliest. He made these remarks while speaking at the India Mobile Congress which is the largest digital technologies forum in India and South Asia.
Key Points:
1. "To keep millions of Indians at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid confined to 2G is to deprive them of the benefits of the digital revolution," the RIL chairman said.
2. Stressing on the rollout of 5G as a priority for India, the Reliance owner said that Jio has developed a 100 per cent home-grown and comprehensive 5G solution that is fully cloud-native and digitally managed. He also said that Jio's network up-gradation from 4G to 5G can be achieved seamlessly because of its future-proof architecture.
3. Ambani also said that affordability has been a critical driver of the phenomenally rapid expansion of the mobile subscriber base in India and that India should move towards greater digital inclusion, and not greater digital exclusion.
4. Approximately 39 per cent of mobile subscriptions in India is expected to be represented by 5G technology at the end of 2027, according to a report released by Ericsson in November. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has also revealed that Reliance Jio has more than 44.38 crore subscribers at present.
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5. Ambani also said that if all the players in the industry work together, the nationwide footprint of fibre can be achieved rapidly just like mobile telephone has reached every corner of the country in the last decade
