{"id":250636,"date":"2023-07-04T20:39:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250636"},"modified":"2023-07-04T20:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:09:34","slug":"dot-launches-bharat-6g-alliance-to-drive-innovation-and-collaboration-in-next-generation-wireless-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dot-launches-bharat-6g-alliance-to-drive-innovation-and-collaboration-in-next-generation-wireless-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"DoT Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive Innovation and Collaboration in Next-Generation Wireless Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>DoT Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive Innovation and Collaboration in Next-Generation Wireless Technology<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on<b> 4th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister for Communications has launched <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bharat 6G Alliance. It will work towards setting up the 6G network in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Bharat 6G Alliance?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a collaborative platform consisting of public and private companies, academia, research institutions, and standards development organizations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objectives of the alliance:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understand the business and societal needs of 6G beyond technical requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;Foster consensus on the needs, and promote high-impact open research and development (R&amp;D) initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To bring together Indian startups, companies, and the manufacturing ecosystem to drive the design, development, and deployment of 6G technologies in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To facilitate market access for Indian telecom technology products and services, enabling the country to emerge as a global leader in 6G technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 Government aims for 10 per cent of 6G patents by 2030.<\/p>\n<p><b>What is Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF)?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Launched in: <\/b>2022<\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fund R&amp;D in rural-specific communication technology applications and form synergies among academia, start-ups, research institutes, and the industry to build and develop the telecom ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To promote technology ownership and indigenous manufacturing, create a culture of technology co-innovation, reduce imports, boost export opportunities, and create Intellectual Property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Funding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">% of annual collections from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be available for the TTDF Scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Digital Communication Innovation Square(DCIS) Initiative?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200bDigital Communication Innovation Square initiative was launched under the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/question\/consider-the-following-statements-regarding-champion-services-sector-scheme-csss1-it-is-a-central-sector-scheme-to-boost-services-exports-across-broad-range-of-services-2-12-champion-services-sec\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Champion Services Sector Scheme.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To foster an ecosystem of indigenously developed telecom equipment, in a bid to reduce reliance on imported equipment and technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Under the initiative,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> startups will get a grant of Rs 50 lakhs, while MSMEs will get a grant of Rs 2 crore, and a consortium will get a grant of Rs 10 crore. Financial support will be provided to those projects and ideas that have reached at least the proof of concept level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The initiative will also provide the selected startups and MSMEs mentorships, incubation, and technical advisory support during the project.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cDoT Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive Innovation and Collaboration in Next-Generation Wireless Technology\u201d published in PIB on 4th July 2023 What is the News? The Union Minister for Communications has launched Bharat 6G Alliance. It will work towards setting up the 6G network in India. What&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dot-launches-bharat-6g-alliance-to-drive-innovation-and-collaboration-in-next-generation-wireless-technology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DoT Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive Innovation and Collaboration in Next-Generation Wireless Technology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-250636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}