Some of the working groups announced by the government of India will seek to promote exports of 4G, 5G and future 6G systems
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed eight working groups with the aim of positioning the country as a leading exporter of telecom technologies, local press reported.
These new working groups have been created within the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC).
The report stated that the working groups have been constituted in key focus areas, including collaborations of OEMs and system integrators; telecom standardization and testing; radio, wireless and satellite equipment; wireline, optical and transmission, networking equipment; optical fiber and other cables; wireline access and enterprises solutions, IP phone, IP EPBX and sensors; 4G/5G/6G and future network’s core and radio networks and EMS & component ecosystem for telecom equipment manufacturing.
“Our vision is to work to transform India as a telecom manufacturing hub for global relevance and gain market share in both developed and emerging markets. The working group recommendations are likely to give a fillip to this,” said N.G. Subramaniam, chairman of the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council
“These working groups will also submit suggestions for promotion of export of the respective equipment in the global markets,” TEPC said in a statement.
India’s largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is considering plans to start selling its locally-developed and manufactured 5G radio network gear to other markets, particularly to the U.S., according to recent press reports.
Recent press reports also stated that recent technology agreements signed by India and the United States would pave the way for the potential export of a end-to-end 5G stack developed by Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm.
India and the U.S. have recently entered into agreements to create secure and trusted telecommunications, resilient supply chains and to trial Open RAN technology, among others.
Prior to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S, earlier this year, Jio had submitted details to the Indian government stating that the carrier was ready to start exporting its own 5G stack.
Earlier this year, India’s communications minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that at least nine countries have showed interest in a locally developed 4G and 5G technology stack, making India a potential telecom technology exporter.
