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Terming the telecom sector of the country as 'aggressive' and 'ambitious', Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that India is resolved to lead the world in 6G. He said with the Bharat 6G Alliance, India hopes to contribute at least 10 per cent patents to 6G standardisation. He asserted ‘It is our belief and our commitment -- India followed the world in 4G, we marched with the world in 5G, but we shall lead the world in 6G.’

With the fastest 5G rollout in India wherein 98 per cent of districts and 90 per cent of all villages were covered in a span of just 21 months, the minister said it is the government’s effort of not just embracing, but bracing the country to become the first-mover in 6G technology.

He noted that the recent changes to the Telecommunications Act 2023 have been designed in such a way so as to modernise India's telecom framework, drawing light upon hitherto unaddressed areas such as the high potential sector of satellite communications, addressing the challenges of the digital era, the most important being cyber security. He said ‘the telecom sector, much like other growth-critical sectors in India, is aggressive, is ambitious, and its outlook in our journey from Amrit Kaal to Shatabdi Kaal is to lead the world.’