ambani: 5G, fibre and more: Mukesh Ambani’s 5 ideas on connectivity for the next decade – Rashtra News : Tech News

At the fifth edition of the Indian Mobile Congress, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani delivered the keynote speech. In his speech, Ambani touched on the significant role of technology in various walks of life. “Indians have embraced technology with unbridled optimism,” said Ambani. He also shared five ideas that could shape connectivity for the next decade. Here’s what Ambani said:

Move to 5G at the earliest

Ambani said that India must complete the migration from 2G to 4G to 5G at the earliest. “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,” he said in his keynote speech.

5G should be a “national priority” and Jio is focused on it

Ambani spoke about how the rollout of 5G should be India’s national priority and how Jio is focused on 4G and 5G execution and broadband infrastructure expansion. “We have developed a 100% home-grown and comprehensive 5G solution which is fully cloud native and digitally managed,”

Affordability and digital inclusion

The Reliance Industries chairman said that India should not lose sight of the fact that affordability has been a critical driver of the phenomenally rapid expansion of the mobile subscriber base in India. “India should move towards greater digital exclusion and not greater digital exclusion.” He further said that India needs to ensure affordability not only of services but also of devices and applications. “The best way of ensuring comprehensive affordability is nimble adoption of futuristic technologies and supportive policy tools like use of the USO fund for purposes other than services. USO fund can be used to subsidise devices to select target groups,” he added.

Fibre connectivity is critical

Ambani said that India should work on ubiquitous fibre connectivity on a “mission mode.” He said that for India to be future-ready, it has to be fibre-ready. “If all the players in the industry work together, we can rapidly achieve a nationwide footprint of Fibre, just as we reached mobile telephony to every corner of the country in the last decade,” he said.

A robust digital ecosystem

It’s time, said Ambani that, beyond connectivity, the focus should be on the critical components of the digital eco-system which are necessary for India’s digital transformation. “We are already seeing innovative solutions in Education, Financial Services, Entertainment, Retail, Agriculture, Manufacturing and other key verticals of the economy,” he added.