Vidisha becomes first Indian district to implement state-of-the-art 5G use cases proposed by startups

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Vidisha, an aspirational district of Madhya Pradesh became the first ever district in India for on ground deployment of innovative 5G use cases offered by startups.

An overview of the news

• This feat has been achieved through a joint initiative of Vidisha district administration and Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Department of Telecom (DoT) under the guidance of Additional Secretary (Telecom) and Administrator USOF.

• Department of Telecom (DoT) is promoting digital communication technology - partnership of startups and SMEs for potential user communities.

• This partnership is being done through Telecom Startups and MSME Mission (TSuM) and 5G Vertical Engagement Partnership Program (VEPP).

• This has been accomplished to accelerate digital transformation across socio-economic verticals.

What is 5G technology?

• The fifth generation mobile network is called 5G.

• The 5G network will operate in the millimeter-wave spectrum (30-300 GHz) which can send huge amounts of data at very high speeds.

• It is the newest upgrade in Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband networks.

• Internet speeds in the high-band spectrum of 5G have been tested to exceed 20 Gbps (gigabit per second).