Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary panel to discuss India’s 5G readiness with telcos on Oct 27

Kolkata: A parliamentary standing committee on IT will next week meet the Big 3 telcos – Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airel and Vodafone Idea – to assess India’s readiness to deploy `fifth generation’ or 5G fast mobile broadband technology.

The panel, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has convened a meeting on October 27 with top telecom companies to examine India’s 5G preparedness, where senior officials of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and sector regulator will also be present. They will collectively review the ground zero situation on India-relevant 5G use cases and the status of trials. The top telcos will make presentations on India’s 5G readiness before the committee.