'Bharat 6G Alliance' Launched To Drive Innovation And Collaboration In Next-Generation Wireless Technology

The government has launched the Bharat 6G alliance to drive innovation and collaboration in next-generation wireless technology.

The formation of the Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) was announced on Monday (3 July) by Union Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) is a collaborative platform consisting of public and private companies, academia, research institutions, and standards development organisations.

During the event, the website for Bharat6G Alliance was also launched.

According to the Ministry of Communications, B6GA will forge coalitions and synergies with other 6G Global Alliances, fostering international collaboration and knowledge exchange.

The Alliance will enable India to become a leading global supplier of IP, products and solutions of affordable 5G and 6G and other future telecom solutions, according to the B6GA website.

The aims and objectives of the B6GA include:

• To deploy 6G technologies to act as a powerful force multiplier for India by 2030;

• To support and energise Indian participation in standard development organisations;

• To build coalitions with similar 6G Global Alliances and other global technology alliances and associations;

• To address India’s priorities for contribution to 6G and other future technology-related global standards, deployments, products, operations and services;

• To promote the ecosystem for research, design, prototyping, development, proof of concept testing, IPR creation, field testing, security, certification and manufacturing of telecom products, end-to-end Solutions, Use-cases, Pilots, among other things.

• To study and recommend national requirements and enable their inclusion in Indian and international standardisation bodies;

• To develop recommendations for Bharat 6G Vision implementation readiness in India;

• To bring together academic institutions, domestic industries, research and development entities, test labs, Government entities, telecommunication service providers, technology and innovation start-ups etc. as well as the Government of India, to help create synergies for a balanced growth of the technology and innovations ecosystem in the country for the benefit of the common people;

• To identify priority areas for research by involving all stakeholders including industry, academia, and service providers, spanning theoretical and simulation studies, proof-of concept prototypes and demonstrations, and early market interventions led by start-ups;

Further, with a grant of Rs 240.51 crore under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF), two agreements were signed for two technology projects.

The projects include a 6G THz testbed with Orbital Angular Momentum(OAM) and Multiplexing through consortium of SAMEER, IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati and IIT Patna.

Further, an advance Optical Communication Test Bed will be set up with consortium members as IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, Signalchip Innovations, Signaltron Systems Pvt Ltd, Sasmos het Technologies Ltd, SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd, ERNET India, Quanfluence Private Ltd, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Nav tech, Tejas network.