India should use 5G to solve developmental problems, says TRAI Chief RS Sharma

India must make the most from the diverse applications under the upcoming 5G technology to solve some of its developmental problems in areas such as transport and agriculture, TRAI chairman RS Sharma has said. “5G is an exciting area where application domains are going to be hugely diverse. It’s a fantastic technology. India, as a country, must leverage it as soon as possible so as to solve some of our developmental problems,” Sharma told PTI on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress here.

Trials for 5G is presently being carried out in few countries like the US and Japan.

Citing the use of 5G in areas like smart transportation, smart cities and agriculture, Sharma said that individual domains will have to come forward and explore the application scenarios.

“Domains like transport, smart cities, agriculture and irrigation and others will have to come forward and figure out what are best case application scenarios for 5G,” Sharma said.

Sharma said that while 2G/3G/4G were communication technologies, 5G involves use of technology in areas not traditionally connected with communication system.