5G trials to start very soon: Ravi Shankar Prasad

IT and telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the much-awaited trials for 5G technologies will commence soon, a step that will speed up implementation and fuel the expansion of services like e-payments, e-commerce, e-learning, driverless cars and robotic surgery to name a few.

Emphasising on the government’s focus to become a global hub for electronic manufacturing, the minister said the aim is to produce 1 billion mobile phones, 50 million smart TVs and 50 million products like laptops and tablets in the next five years.