Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the brand new Worldwide Telecommunication Union (ITU) Space workplace and Innovation Centre in New Delhi at present. He additionally unveiled Bharat’s 6G Imaginative and prescient Doc on the occasion alongside launching the 6G R&D Check Mattress and the ‘Name earlier than u dig’ App.
“At this time, when India is presiding over the G-20, lowering the regional divide is considered one of its priorities. After we speak about bridging the technological divide, it is vitally pure to count on from India,” mentioned the Prime Minister addressing the occasion.
Throughout the occasion, the Prime Minister additionally emphasised that “telecom know-how is empowering our residents in India”.
ITU is the United Nations’ specialised company for data and communication applied sciences (ICTs). It’s headquartered in Geneva and has a community of subject places of work, regional Places of work and space places of work.
The ITU Space Workplace is totally funded by India and is positioned on the second flooring of the Centre for Improvement of Telematics (C-DoT) constructing at Mehrauli New Delhi. It would serve India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan and Iran, selling financial cooperation within the area.
Bharat 6G imaginative and prescient doc is ready by the Know-how Innovation Group on 6G (TIG-6G) that was constituted in November 2021. The group has members from varied Ministries/Departments, analysis and growth establishments, academia, standardisation our bodies, Telecom Service Suppliers and business to develop a roadmap and motion plans for 6G in India.
The 6G Testbed will present educational establishments, industries, start-ups, and MSMEs, and business, amongst others, a platform to check and validate evolving ICT applied sciences. Together with the Bharat 6G Imaginative and prescient Doc, the 6G Testbed will present an enabling atmosphere for innovation, capability constructing and quicker know-how adoption within the nation.
Coming to the Name Earlier than You Dig (CBuD) app, it’s a device developed to stop injury to underlying property like optical fibre cables, that happens due to uncoordinated digging and excavation, resulting in lack of 1000’s of crore yearly. The cellular app will join excavators and asset house owners by SMS/E mail notifications and click on to name in order that there are deliberate excavations within the nation whereas making certain the security of underground property.
(With inputs from ANI)
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