Make 5G a top priority, says Ambani

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday pitched for making roll-out of 5G services a national priority, and called for policy measures to ensure affordability of

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday pitched for making roll-out of 5G services a national priority, and called for policy measures to ensure affordability of devices along with telecom services.

“Indians have embraced technology with unbridled optimism. During COVID, when the chips were down, it was the chipsets that kept us going. When COVID-induced lockdowns rocked our boats, it was technology that kept our lives and livelihoods afloat,” Mr. Ambani said at the inaugural session of the India Mobile Congress 2021.

To ensure ‘connectivity for the next decade’, he said India must complete the migration from 2G to 4G to 5G at the earliest. “To keep millions of Indians at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid confined to 2G is to deprive them of the benefits of the digital revolution,” he said speaking at the session which was also attended by Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.