Covid-19: Hiring for remote jobs jumps three-fold in 2020, says Cisco’s Miyuki Suzuki

India should allow fifth-generation (5G) services in the millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum band, and telecom carriers should come up with strategies on how they want to deploy networks, said Miyuki Suzuki, President, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, Suzuki talks on the digital economy, Covid-19 pandemic, partnerships with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, and 5G partnerships worldwide. Edited excerpts.

How do you see the digital economy shaping up, especially in the wake of the pandemic?