Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech on Saturday (1/10), said that the presence of 5G services for the first time in the country is a very important day.
“This is a historic day for India in the 21st century. 5G technology will revolutionize our country’s telecom sector. We will continue to support India’s digital movement, including the need for affordable technologies and wide area networks,” did he declare. gulf today.
At the same time, Modi also stressed the need to increase production of domestic smartphone makers to support newly launched 5G services.
“Until 2014, we imported 100% of our mobile phones. That’s why we decided to become an ‘atmanirbhar’ in India. We currently have 200 mobile manufacturing units,” he said.
Modi also mentioned that India had 2,500 internet connections in 2014, that number has now risen to 8,500.
Additionally, 5G will be rolled out in select cities from launch day and will gradually roll out nationwide over the next few years.
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