5G a ‘game changer’ to make factories smarter, speed up IT infrastructure: Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte

Fifth generation (5G) technology is an opportunity to not only speed up the IT infrastructure business but also a game changer in the digital manufacturing world and has use cases like smarter factories, Wipro Ltd chief executive and managing director Thierry Delaporte told ET in a recent interview.

“Developing solutions leveraging 5G for our clients is critical…our strategy always is to stay as close as possible to the clients,” Delaporte said.

The Bengaluru-based software services exporter is working on a flexible model, if clients seek a hybrid setting of leasing the spectrum from telecom companies or pay per use of the technology, he said.