Jyotiraditya Scindia Inaugurates 5G O-RAN Testing Lab and Wireless Center of Excellence in Bengaluru
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | Visit and inauguration by Minister of Communications, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. |
| Location | Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) Bengaluru Campus. |
| Lab Inaugurated | 5G O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) Testing lab. |
| Purpose of Lab | Facilitate development of a complete Indian end-to-end 5G ecosystem in core, access, transport, cloud, orchestration, and security. |
| Remarks by Minister | - Encouraged young engineers to innovate for "Atmanirbhar Bharat" and "Viksit Bharat 2047". |
| - Lauded C-DOT's collaborative research initiatives, including BharatRAN-1 and BharatRAN-2. | |
| - Assured full policy support for research and innovation in Bengaluru. | |
| Wireless Center of Excellence | Inaugurated at Tejas Networks. |
| Objective of Center | - Advance research in frontier technologies, standards, and architectures for next-gen mobile networks. |
| - Focus on evolution towards 6G and beyond. | |
| - Houses state-of-the-art modeling tools and test infrastructure. | |
| Focus Areas | AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning), Terahertz Communications, Sub-band Full Duplex, etc. |