Telcos, Wi-Fi providers must collaborate on innovative biz models to spur digital infra, says TRAI chief

TRAI chairman P D Vaghela on Monday exhorted telecom companies and Wi-Fi providers to work collaboratively on developing innovative business models that would unleash combined power of mobile and Wi-Fi technology to improve digital infrastructure. Speaking at an event of Broadband India Forum (BIF), TRAI chief noted that with proposed induction of 5G services, an “exponential” rise in data usage is right around the corner.
“With technologies like industry 4.0, 5G broadcast, Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, machine-to-machine communication and robotics, the data usage will grow exponentially,” Vaghela said.
Studies have found that in 5G countries such as South Korea, the UK, the US, Japan, Australia and Germany, smartphone users on average consumed between 1.7-2.7 times more mobile data after the introduction of fifth-generation services, as compared to 4G.