IMC 2023: PM Modi launches 100 ‘5G Use Case Labs’ in country, A.P. gets five
The Hindu
PM Modi virtually inaugurated 7th Edition of India Mobile Congress 2023 (IMC). He awarded 100 '5G Use Case Labs' to educational institutions, incl. 5 from Andhra Pradesh. Labs will build competencies & engagement in 5G tech for students & start-up communities. GITAM connected to IMC venue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually inaugurated the 7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress 2023 (IMC) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. IMC is the largest telecom, media, and technology forum in Asia, being held till October 29 with the theme ‘Global Digital Innovation’.
During the programme, Mr. Modi awarded 100 ‘5G Use Case Labs’ to educational institutions across the country. Five institutions are from Andhra Pradesh. They are Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (Kurnool), Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (Guntur), GITAM Deemed to be University (Visakhapatnam), Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Guntur) and IIT Tirupati.
The institutions will get 5G Use Case Labs as part of the initiative of the Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Ministry of Communications, according to a release here from the institution.
GITAM was also connected through videoconferencing to the IMC venue, according to a release here.
The objective of the labs is to build competencies and engagement in 5G and beyond technologies for students and start-up communities. The 5G Use Case labs at higher educational institutions across all States/Union territories will facilitate the development and experimentation of 5G applications in various socioeconomic verticals. The use cases could span across socioeconomic verticals including education, agriculture, health, power, urban management, mining, logistics, resource management, tourism, sports, security, e-governance etc.
The 5G lab equipment would include 5G SA infrastructure (mid-band), 5G SIMs, Dongles, IoT Gateway, Router and Application Server to meet lab needs along with a management dashboard.
The ownership of the Lab Assets will be with the beneficiary institution, during and after the project completion. The beneficiary institution shall provide necessary facilities such as space, power supply, internet, intranet, tech-manpower (for local maintenance).
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