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Budget 2018: Experts hail govt's move to support 5G test bed at IIT Madras

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The centre at IIT-Chennai can work on the development of IoT and Machine to Machine applications which are relevant and best suited for India LATEST NEWS :    In a thrust to roll out 5G in 2020 in line with the worldwide markets, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the branch of Telecom (DoT) will assist a 5G-test bed at IIT Chennai. The 5G era is being standardised globally to enable internet of factors (IoT) applications. The centre at IIT-Chennai can work at the development of IoT and system to device packages which might be relevant and nice applicable for India. "The putting in of 5G centre in collaboration with IIT Chennai would assist India being early adopter of the subsequent generation technology in place of being a laggard," stated Hemant Joshi, accomplice, Deloitte India. also study: With cognizance on rural sector, finances 2018 boosts Modi's re-election chances "this could be a boon for the telecom industry a...

Trai proposes to keep internet free with some exemptions

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IoT also under non-discriminatory treatment, but with a rider exempting critical services identified by DoT LATEST NEWS  : Telecom sector regulator Trai has recommended upholding the basic principle of keeping internet free and not allowing any discrimination based on content. However, the regulator has proposed to exempt specialised services, which are optimised for specific content and are not internet services. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may identify these specialised services. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has also included internet of things (IoT) to fall under the non-discriminatory treatment but with a rider saying critical IoT services, which may be identified by DoT, would be exempted. Also, the regulator has exempted content delivery networks (CDNs), which enable mobile operators to deliver content within its network without going through the public internet as also allowing telecom operators to deploy traffic management practic...