DoT launches 5G online certification course for the next-gen wireless broadband technology
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 07:49 PM IST
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The objective is to have “a team of master trainers, 5G security experts within the DoT,” who would formulate a roadmap for reinforcing education and awareness levels about 5G.
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The online 5G certification course for DoT staff will be conducted by National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation & Training (NTIPRIT), the telecom department’s training arm.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set in motion plans to create an in-house pool of 5G experts and policymakers, by launching a 12-week online course to train and certify its officials on the next-generation wireless broadband technology, even as India braces for 5G.
New Delhi: Shri Anshu Prakash, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Chairman Digital Communications Commission inaugurated today an online certification course on 5G Technology for Government Officers via Video Conferencing.The inaugural session was also addressed by Shri Bharat Kumar Jog, Member (Services), Digital Communications Commission and Sh. U.K. Srivastava, Senior Deputy Director General and Head of NTIPRIT and other senior government officials.
National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training (NTIPRIT), the premier training institute of Department of Telecommunications, Government of India is conducting the first of its kind 36-hour (12 week) online 5G Certification Course to train and certify Officers of Government of India. To start with, this 36-hour certificate course on 5G has been made available to Officers of Department of Telecommunications with the first batch starting from 9th March 2021
The telecom spectrum auctions that began on Monday, after a hiatus of nearly five years, may once again witness the premium 700 MHz band getting unsold. It is learnt that the 700 MHz spectrum, the base price for which was revised downward by the Telecom Regulatory AUthority of India (TRAI), may not find any takers. The earnest money deposited by the three telecom companies is an indicator that none of them would be interested in buying the 700 MHz band, an official in the know said. The premium band is considered ideal for internal coverage but went unsold in the 2016 auctions. TRAI in its recommendations in August 2018 reduced the price of the coveted airwaves by 40 per cent.
Parliamentary Panel pulls up DoT for Bharatnet cabinet note delay, questions BSNL ouster in LWE project
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The Department of Telecom has not prepared a cabinet note for the adoption of PPP mode to expedite implementation of rural broadband project Bharatnet even after over a year of Digital Communication Commission s approval, Standing Committee on Information Technology said in a report.
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The Department of Telecom has not prepared a cabinet note for the adoption of PPP mode to expedite implementation of rural broadband project Bharatnet even after over a year of Digital Communication Commission s approval, Standing Committee on Information Technology said in a report. The BharatNet project, meant to cover all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high-speed broadband, was set to be completed by March 2019. However, it could only connect 1.18 lakh gram panchayats (GPs).
Telecom and Networking Equipment PLI Norms Finalised for Cabinet Approval: Report
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The Telecom and networking equipment PLI norms have been finalised for Cabinet approval, sources informed CNBC TV-18.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had last month said it will approach the Union Cabinet for approval of the structure of production-link incentives for telecom gear makers in India.
In November, the Cabinet had approved an incentive of Rs 12,195 crore to introduce production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom and network products.
The Digital Communications Commission on December 1 approved the proposal for the scheme.
The product lines that have been specified include core transmission equipment, 4G/5G, next-generation radio access network and wireless equipment and access and customer premises equipment (CPE).