Mukesh Ambani urges govt to take necessary policy steps to make India 2G-mukt

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday called for urgent policy measures to move away from 2G-based telecom service, which started 25 years ago, and make it a “part of history”.

“India still has 300 million mobile subscribers trapped in the 2G era, their feature phones keep them excluded even from the basic users of the internet at a time when both India and the rest of the world are standing at the doorsteps of 5G telephony,” Ambani said in a video message at an industry event marking 25 years of the sector.

Jio recently entered into a commercial agreement with Google to jointly develop entry-level affordable 4G and possibly 5G smartphones in the future with an aim to make India 2G-mukt or free of 2G technology.