"India today has become leader of digital world," says Jyotiraditya Scindia at World WiFi Day program in Delhi
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications and Development of the Northeastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday highlighted India's growing digital strength and achievements in telecom technology.
Scindia said the World Wi-Fi Day is important because it highlights how Wi-Fi removes barriers to information and empowers people.
Addressing the programme, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, 'On this World Wi-Fi Day, let me first of all congratulate you all. It's a day that must be celebrated across the world. Because it is a day that, as I said, removes the shackles, which were once limited to access to capital, which were once limited to access to infrastructure, and now are limiting mankind from access to information.'
He called Wi-Fi an invisible force that drives real change by giving people the freedom to connect, create, and grow.
'Therefore, this World Wi-Fi Day is extremely seminal. It puts into perspective a day to celebrate an invisible form of power and energy capable of powering visible change. And that truly represents the power of Wi-Fi. It is a day when we sit back and look at the capability that this energy gives us. It gives us the freedom to connect. It gives us the freedom to create. And it gives us the freedom to rise,' Scindia said.
Scindia said India has joined an elite group of countries by developing its own 4G technology, thanks to collaboration between public and private companies like CDOT, Tejas, and TCS.
He added that India is now a global leader in digital technology, reaching from Wi-Fi to satellite, and leading the world in digital transactions.
'Today, a public sector company like CDOT combines with a private sector company like Tejas, with an Indian SI like TCS, and we produce our own 4G stack, becoming only the fifth country in the world to have telecom technology. And India today has become the leader. We have become the leaders of the digital world across the globe,' he added.
Scindia said India now accounts for 46 per cent of all digital transactions worldwide, surpassing countries like the US, China, and Europe.
Highlighting the government's rural-first approach, he said that 5G use cases are being launched not in major cities, but in 13 villages across states from Andhra Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh.
'You would be amazed that 46 per cent of the digital transactions in the world happen in India. Not the US, not all of Europe, not China, but in India. But we have, as the old adage goes, miles to go before we sleep. We are not starting on 5G use cases in cities. We are starting with 5G use cases in 13 villages across the country, from Andhra Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh,' he added. (ANI)
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