5G Launch Live: PM Modi says launch of 5G gift from telecom industry to 130cr Indians

The launch of 5G will have a lasting impact. It'll be the future of the internet. 5G will bring a change to each person's life be it small businessmen, farmers, doctors, or students. It will also drastically affect our startup ecosystem: MoS Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Honoured & thankful to our PM for launching 1st 5G services at IMC 2022.We're excited about the long-awaited 5G launch in India.Telecom operators are geared up to provide high-speed services that are poised to transform consumer experience: Cellular Operators Assn of India (COAI)

Telecom Min Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that in the coming six months 5G services to be available in over 200 cities. “attempts being made to make 5G services available in 80-90% of country in next 2 years. BSNL to provide 5G services next year August 15 onwards. 5G too, to be affordable,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 5G services in India today. The next-generation technology was unveiled at the sixth-edition of India Mobile Congress, 2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. At the launch event, PM Modi took first-hand experience of services related to 5G services. He also witnessed Jio True 5G devices displayed at the Jio pavilion, where he experienced the use cases of 5G through Jio Glass. Read more here

After the launch of 5G services in India, Reliance Jio Chairman, Akash Ambani said, "Jio plans to cover entire India by December...We will make it very affordable, it should be affordable for every Indian - right from device to service."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the telecom industry to work with the MSME sector to reduce the costs of hardware manufacturing and build a robust manufacturing network. “This would help in creating jobs and opportunities for small & medium businesses,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the utility of 5G is not limited to facilitating day-to-day activities, but rather, it is coming as a force to change life altogether. “We should use the launch of 5G services for the unprecedented growth and economic development of the country,” PM Modi said. “Today, India is the world's 5th largest economy. This provides an opportunity for our entrepreneurs, innovators, and for every citizen to become part of this journey towards a New India,” the prime minister further added. 

At the launch of 5G services, PM Modi said, "People laughed at the idea of becoming 'Aatmanirbhar' but it has been done. It's taking electronic costs down. In 2014, there were only 2 mobile manufacturing facilities, today that number has increased to over 200 manufacturing facilities."

With 5G launch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the country is creating history. “India was dependent on foreign countries for 2G, 3G, 4G but with 5G, the country is creating history,” PM Modi said.

While launching 5G in India, PM Modi said, “Earlier, cost of 1GB data was about ₹300, it has come down to about ₹10 per GB now. On average, a person in India consumes 14GB per month. This would have cost about ₹4200 per month but costs ₹125-150. It's the efforts of govt that led to this.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching 5G services in India said that technology has become democratic in its truest sense.

“I've seen even the poor of the country always come forward to adopt new technologies... Technology has become democratic in its truest sense," PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India's vision of digital connectivity can be seen in the steep increase in rural connectivity. “From just 100 Gram Panchayats with optical fiber connectivity, we now have over 170 thousand panchayats connected with optical fiber,” PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that in 2014 there were 2 mobile manufacturing units in India, but now country has over 200 mobile factories. “From exporting zero mobile phones in 2014, to now, when we export phones worth thousands of crores... these efforts have had an impact on the cost of the device. Now we have started getting more features at a lower cost,” he said. The prime minister further added there was a time when no one believed in the potential of the common man and digital was considered a thing for the elite. Today, every citizen of India is using technology to fullest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that launch of 5G is a gift from the telecom industry to 130 crore Indians. “It is a step towards the new era in the country, is the beginning of infinite opportunities," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that new India will not only remain a consumer of technology but rather play a significant role in the implementation of technology for the growth of the country.
While addressing the launch of 5G services in India, He spoke about the 4 pillars of Digital India's success: Cost of Device, Digital Connectivity, Data Costs and the most important Digital First Approach.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that 5G technology will revolutionise the telecom sector. In a Tweet, the prime minister wrote, “Historic day for 21st century India! 5G technology will revolutionise the telecom sector.”

Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla says 5G will set stage for India to become 5 trillion dollar economy in 3 years. “Telecom industry will further ignite digital dreams of 1.3 billion Indians & thousands of enterprises. It'll set stage for country to become 5 trillion dollar economy in next 3 years with a trillion dollar contribution,” he said.

For consumers, 5G promises higher data speeds over 4G. At its peak, internet speeds on 5G could touch 10 Gbps, compared to the 100 Mbps peak of 4G.

5G technology offers latency as low as 1ms. For the unversed, latency is the time taken by the device to send packets of data and get a response. Shorter the latency, quicker the response.

5G technology will provide seamless coverage in remote areas across the country. It will increase energy efficiency, spectrum efficiency and network efficiency. Click here to know more 

Bharti Airtel is launching 5G telecom services in eight cities, including four metros, on Saturday and will progressively cover the entire country by March 2024, its chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said.

Speaking at the IMC 2022, he said the nation's oldest private telecom operator is launching 5G mobile services in eight major cities and will cover most parts by March 2023 and the entire country by March 2024.

Bharti Enterprises founder-chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal said that a new era is about to begin with the launch of 5G services in India. “It's an important day. A new era is about to begin. This beginning is taking place in 75th yr of independence & will begin a new awareness, energy in the country. It'll open several new opportunities for people,” he said.