Building 5G use cases needs strong public-private alliance: Nasscom study

Effective collaboration between public and private players for creating a skilled workforce and cybersecurity infrastructure, reducing regulatory overlaps, and providing financial incentives, will be needed to ensure that the benefits of 5G are realised across sectors, industry body Nasscom said in a report released on Tuesday.

Sectors such as healthcare, energy & utilities, manufacturing, and retail are expected to benefit the most from large-scale 5G adoption, which is expected to power up to 2 per cent of India’s GDP by 2030, the report said. India currently has the second highest number of telecom users in the world, at 1.1 billion, of which 740 million are 4G customers.