Lok Sabha Question No. 920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: 5G Technology
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, UDAY PRATAP SINGH, PINAKI MISRA, BALKA SUMAN, KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## 5G TECHNOLOGY

920.   SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has constituted a High Level Forum for 5G India, 2020 and if so, the details, the purpose and the composition thereof along with its terms of reference and the time by which the said forum is likely to submit its report;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  undertake  research  to  develop  5G technology  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (c) the time by which the said technology is likely to be launched across the country and the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the socio-economic benefits likely to be accrued from the said technology; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to improve the existing 3G and 4G networks and increase the access of the said networks in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Yes  Madam.  The  Government  has  constituted  High  Level  Forum  for  5G  India 2020  on  22 nd September  2017.  The  details,  the  purpose  and  the  composition  thereof along with its terms of reference and the time by which the said forum is likely to submit its report are given in Annexure.

(b) The  Government  is  funding  a  research  project  covering  various  areas  of  5G technologies, wherein advanced simulators and technology prototypes will be developed.  The  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  has  approved  this project  in  September  2015  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  36.51  crores  over  a  period  of  three years for joint implementation by Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad,  IIT  Madras  and  Centre  of  Excellence  in  Wireless  Technology  (CEWiT). Further, Government is also promoting setting up of test-beds for testing 5G and future wireless technologies.

(c) The  standardization  of 5G  technology  is in progress  at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, Switzerland. India would take action to keep pace with the other countries in development and implementation of 5G technologies.

(d) The socio-economic benefits likely to be accrued from the said technology are immense. The 5G led digital transformation can spur innovation and productivity growth across many activities, transform public services, and improve wellbeing as information, knowledge and data become more widely available.

(e) In order to facilitate improvement and expansion of networks, including existing 3G and 4G networks in the country, the Government has, inter-alia, initiated a series of measures, like: -

- (i) Making available sufficient spectrum for mobile services,
- (ii) Allowing  Spectrum  sharing,  trading  and  liberalization  of administratively allocated spectrum as per the guidelines to facilitate efficient utilization,
- (iii) Permitting sharing of active as well as passive infrastructure by the telecom service providers for achieving higher utilization of efficiency,
- (iv) Facilitating  use  of  Government  estate  for  installation  of  mobile  towers  on multiple-sharing basis.

## Annexure to Lok Sabha, Unstarred Question No. 920, to be Answered on 20 th December, 2017 on 5G Technology

## No 6-33/2017 -IC Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Telecommunications International Cooperation Division

## Subject :- Constitution of High Level Forum for 5G India 2020

5G is the next technological frontier. Digital Transformation through 5G will fundamentally impact other national Mission Mode projects. 5G will provide a new dimension to the Digital India, Smart Cities & Smart Village missions. 5G has potentially large contributions to Make  in  India  and  Start-Up  India  missions.    The  objective  is  to  position  India  as  a  globally synchronised participant in the Design, Development  and  Manufacturing of  5G  based technology, products and applications.

2. In order to steer 5G India 2020, a High Level Forum has been constituted vide Office Memorandum dated 22 nd September 2017 with the following Members:

| S. No.   | Name / Designation                                                   |                  |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Secretary, DoT                                                       | Chairperson      |
| 2        | Secretary, MeitY                                                     | Co-Chairperson   |
| 3        | Secretary, D/o Science & Technology                                  | Co-Chairperson   |
| 4        | Member (Technology), DoT                                             | Member           |
| 5        | Additional Secretary, DoT                                            | Member           |
| 6        | Sr. DDG (TEC), DoT                                                   | Member           |
| 7        | Wireless Advisor, DoT                                                | Member           |
| 8        | Dr. A. Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA         | Member           |
| 9        | Mr Gururaj Deshpande - Chairman of Sycamore Networks, Sandstone, USA | Member           |
| 10       | Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthy - Director, IIT Madras                       | Member           |
| 11       | Prof Abhay Karandikar - IIT Mumbai & Chairman, TSDSI                 | Member           |
| 12       | Prof Uday Desai -Director, IIT Hyderabad                             | Member           |
| 13       | Prof Anurag Kumar - Director, IISc Bengaluru                         | Member           |
| 14       | Prof Ramgopal Rao - Director, IIT Delhi                              | Member           |
| 15       | Mr. Sanjay Mashruwala - MD, Reliance Jio                             | Member           |
| 16       | Mr. Gopal Vittal - MD & CEO Bharti Airtel Limited & Chairman, COAI   | Member           |
| 17       | Mr Ashwani K Aggarwal - Chairman, IESA                               | Member           |
| 18       | Mr Ananth Krishnan, CTO, TCS                                         | Member           |
| 19       | ED, C-DoT                                                            | Member           |
| 20       | DDG(NT), DoT                                                         | Member           |
| 21       | DDG(Security-Assurance), DoT                                         | Member           |
| 22       | DDG(IC), DoT                                                         | Member Secretary |
| 23*      | Mr. Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL                                    | Member           |
| 24*      | Mr. T. V. Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum             | Member           |

Chairperson may co-opt any expert as deemed necessary.

3. The Term of Reference of the High Level Forum for 5G India 2020 shall be: -
- a) Vision Mission and Goals for the 5G India 2020, and
- b) Evaluate, approve roadmaps & action plans for 5G India 2020.

4. The  International  Cooperation  (IC)  Division  of  DoT  along  with  TCOE  India  (a  PPP  of Government,  Academia  and  Industry)  will  service  the  Forum.  The  Forum  may  constitute Steering Committees of Members for various domains.  The Forum shall finalise the Report on 5G Vision, Mission and Goals by March 2018.

5. This is issued with the approval of Hon'ble Minister of Communications.

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