The Tuesday Interview | ‘5G and emerging tech call for new legislation’

Ahead of a spectrum auction, minister of state for information technology says India is sailing into uncharted territory, and must regulate better. Earlier this month, the Modi government announced the auction of 5G spectrum, marking a generational shift in technology. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics and information technology, spoke to DH’s Amrita Madhukalya about the changes coming up. Edited excerpts.

What are the major changes consumers can expect with the introduction of 5G?

It is a huge jump in the evolution of wireless technologies; it is faster and represents a generational shift in technology. It will be the first to have sensor-to-sensor and machine-to-machine tech. In the early days, the Internet was about communicating between colleges,