India developing 6G technology, launch likely by 2023 end or 2024: Vaishnaw

India is working towards an indigenously developed 6G technology with the aim to launch it either by 2023-end or early 2024, minister for communication Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday. Speaking on ‘New Technology and the Green Economy: Two Trends Shaping a New India’, the fourth in a series of online, agenda-setting webinars organised by the Financial Times and The Indian Express, Vaishnaw said requisite permissions have already been given to scientists and engineers working on the technology.

“6G development has already started. That will be seen somewhere in the time frame 2024 or 2023-end. That is the direction in which we are going. We will have designed in India telecom software for running the networks, manufactured in India telecom equipment, served in India telecom networks which can go global,” he said.