Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Reviews C-DOT's Ongoing Technology Programmes Including 5G, Advanced Security Projects

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday (23 November) reviewed the ongoing technology programmes of C-DOT, the R&D arm of Department of Technology (DoT), including 5G, Quantum Key Distribution and advanced security projects.

Vaishnaw inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Cell and Centre of Innovation (COI) at the Delhi campus of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).

He also interacted with young engineers and researchers involved in the design and development of telecom technologies.

C-DOT’s engineers demonstrated various cutting-edge telecom technologies to the minister in several technology labs.

The Centre of Innovation (COI) has been established to spur indigenous innovation and entrepreneurship in various domains of telecom like IoT/M2M, AI/ML, 5G, etc., the Ministry of Communications said in a release.

The centre will encourage local startups to play a significant role in strengthening the overall technological framework fueled by synergistic collaboration amongst R&D, academia, industry and startups that would accelerate the design, development and deployment of cost-effective and globally-competitive telecom solutions in the country.