Key Topics
The mobile platform is already the biggest technology platform in history, and has already overtaken PC and mobile computing is expanding beyond the smartphone applications. 5G could make it bigger to further transform societies and industries. This technology evolution is expected to enable new services, connect new industries and devices, and empower new user experiences, to support expanded connectivity needs for the next decade and beyond. It is envisioned that a national program built around the evolution of this technology will help India address the digital divide in a timeline that meets the aspirations of the government.
Adoption of 5G will require substantial investment in more downstream innovation than previous generations of communications systems. New business ecosystems are expected to emerge in which a multiplicity of players will meet, compete and work together. This will open opportunities to start-ups and smaller ecosystem players, which will eventually profit from the innovation capabilities offered by networks providing open interfaces to develop network "apps" and services.
Thus, the 5G India Forum will serve as a strategic national initiative which concerns all stakeholders, private and public, small and large, to meet the challenge of making 5G a reality in India, at timelines aligning with the rest of world.
5G India Forum is a collaborative body under the aegis of COAI.
- About 5G India Forum
- Structure / Membership
- Objective
- This forum aims to become the leading force in the development of next generation communications and will enable synergizing national efforts and will play a significant role in shaping the strategic, commercial and regulatory development of the 5G ecosystem in India.
Terms of reference
- Develop national policy on 5G along with DoT
- Develop consensus within India on 5G systems / infrastructures / services, and prepare a vision document on priority.
- Identify vertical application domains which would benefit from 5G and associated challenges.
- Identify the societal, economic, environmental, business and technological benefits obtainable by an early adoption of 5G.
- Collect and evaluate publicly available visions and major technical trends from industry, research community and available information from other regions.
- Identify commonalities, bottlenecks and differences in visions and technical trends.
- Prepare input documents for facilitating dialogues on standardization, technology development, spectrum availability and international engagements.
- Support the creation of a venture like program to encourage eco-system players develop 5G services.
- Collaborate with various international forums working on 5G.
- IMT2020 Evaluation
The 5GIF is one of the independent evaluation groups registered with ITU-R for IMT2020 candidate radio technology evaluation. This group was formed to evaluate the IMT2020 candidates from the perspective of Indian network deployments. This is a group of operators, OEM’s, universities and individual experts participating in a collaborative manner, in the evaluation of candidate IMT2020 technologies of interest. This is a contribution driven activity, with decisions made through a consensus seeking approach.
Past Meetings
Meeting Dates Kickoff meeting Mar 2019 Workshop #1 April 2019 Workshop #2 Aug 2019 Workshop #3 Sep 8-10, 2019 Workshop #4 Nov 10, 2019 5GIF IEG contributions to ITU-R WP5D
5GIF IEG Final report 5GIF IEG Final report5GIF IEG Interim report to WP5D#33 5GIF Interim evaluation results towards IMT-2020 Candidate (3GPP RIT) 5GIF IEG Interim presentation to WP5D#33 5GIF IEG Interim Report WP5D33
Resources
Link to the ITU-R WP5D IMT-2020 submission and evaluation processThe 5GIF Evaluation Group ( 5gif.github.io )
Contact
Vikram Tiwathia
Telephone: +91 11 2334 9275
Email :[email protected]