By Anirban Sarma
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The final round of India’s 5G spectrum auctions was conducted swiftly over the first week of August 2022. The government has since issued spectrum assignment letters to the winning bidders in record time. Telecom service operators are now bracing themselves to launch 5G services in 13 cities in the first phase, followed by a nationwide rollout.
The shift to 5G is likely to have several key advantages, the most frequently spoken of which are the high download speeds that will be brought to cellular and other devices. The relatively low latency of 5G will better support emerging technologies and services such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality, robotics, and cloud computing, and will make for an improved user experience even for activities as basic as browsing. With increased bandwidth, 5G is also expected to facilitate the seamless inter-device transfer of data and improve the performance of devices using Wi-Fi.
The advent of 5G has unleashed a wave of demand for a new generation of digital and technical skills. In 2022-23 alone, 5G may attract 40–50 million consumers in India, and by 2025, India will require an estimated 22 million skilled workers possessing 5G-related competencies. These will include specialised skills in security and network architecture design, AI and machine learning algorithms, open radio access network development, IoT, big data analytics, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. As a result, a talent war has already erupted among tech corporat ..
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