Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the brand new Worldwide Telecommunication Union (ITU) Space workplace and Innovation Centre in New Delhi right now. 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.
“In the present day, when India is presiding over the G-20, decreasing the regional divide is one in all its priorities. Once we discuss bridging the technological divide, it is rather pure to count on from India,” mentioned the Prime Minister addressing the occasion.
In the course of 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 discipline workplaces, regional Places of work and space workplaces.
The ITU Space Workplace is absolutely funded by India and is positioned on the second flooring of the Centre for Growth of Telematics (C-DoT) constructing at Mehrauli New Delhi. It’ll 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 Expertise Innovation Group on 6G (TIG-6G) that was constituted in November 2021. The group has members from numerous Ministries/Departments, analysis and improvement 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 tutorial 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 setting for innovation, capability constructing and sooner know-how adoption within the nation.
Coming to the Name Earlier than You Dig (CBuD) app, it’s a software developed to forestall harm to underlying belongings like optical fibre cables, that happens due to uncoordinated digging and excavation, resulting in lack of 1000’s of crore yearly. The cell app will join excavators and asset homeowners by means of SMS/Electronic mail notifications and click on to name in order that there are deliberate excavations within the nation whereas guaranteeing the security of underground belongings.
(With inputs from ANI)
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