India, Japan sign ICT cooperation pact

NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Friday signed a pact to cooperate across 5G, telecom security, submarine optical fiber cable and smart cities, spectrum management, high altitude platform for broadband in unconnected areas, disaster management and public safety as the two countries seek to expand their work across the ICT sector.

Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Japanese minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda Ryota Signed MoU virtually exchanged the signed MoU.

Govt organisations such as C-DOT and ITI NSE -2.02 % Limited along with industry partners from Japan will also form part of this cooperation.