Birla notes India’s digital evolution has gained global recognition
Three heavyweight industry leaders have highlighted the technology progress made in the country, in line with the Government’s drive to position India as a developer, manufacturer, and exporter of key cutting-edge technologies.
They shared their groups contribution to the economy at the 7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress 2023 held in New Delhi on 27 Oct 2023.
Bharti Enterprises Chairmani Sunil Bharti Mittal said the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) of India is the envy of many countries.
“India has grown very deep roots in manufacturing. Companies like Apple to Dixon, Samsung to Tatas, every company, small, big or startup are involved in manufacturing and India has emerged as a manufacturing nation, especially for digital infrastructure at a huge scale of a world leader,” he said.
He informed that Airtel 5G rollout has already taken place in 5,000 towns and 20,000 villages while work is in progress to cover the entire country by March 2024.
“This will be truly the fastest 5G rollout anywhere in the world,” underscored Mittal.
Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla noted that India’s growth in the digital evolution has gained global recognition.
India has emerged as a champion of the Global South and many countries are eager to adopt India’s pathbreaking public infrastructure assets across identity, payments and data management, he said.
Birla underlined that India is actively engaging with the development of standards for futuristic technologies in areas like 6G.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd Chairman Akash Ambani informed that Jio has installed over 10 lakh 5G cells across all 22 circuits of India, making an 85% contribution to the overall 5G distribution where the rollout of the 5G stack is designed, developed and manufactured by Indian talent.
“India ranks among the top three 5G-enabled nations with a user base of 125 million.”
On behalf of all digital entrepreneurs, innovators and startups, Ambani assured to realize India’s dream during India’s Amrit Kaal. Fiinews.com
