The Government of India is setting up one hundred 5G Use case labs to facilitate the development of applications using 5G services in various socioeconomic verticals. These labs will be set up in educational institutions. The use cases could span across various socioeconomic verticals including education, agriculture, health, power, urban management, mining, logistics, resource management, tourism, sports, security, e-governance etc.
The Government would be funding 80% of CAPEX for the Lab Setup and 100% of OPEX expenses for next 4 years. The institution to contribute for the remaining 20% of the CAPEX. As per initial estimates, the institution's CAPEX contribution could be to a tune of Rs 10 lakhs or higher depending on CAPEX price discovery from financial bids for setting up the 5G lab infrastructure.
The 5G lab equipment would include 5G SA infrastructure (mid band), 5G SIMs, Dongles, IoT Gateway, Router and Application Server to meet lab needs along with management dashboard. The ownership of the Lab Assets will be with the beneficiary institution, during and after the project completion. The beneficiary institution shall provide necessary facilities such as Space, power supply, internet & intranet connectivity, other equipment, tech-manpower (for local maintenance) etc.
A Screening Committee would evaluate the proposals in identifying the institutes.
Sh. Sanjay Kumar General Manager (Digital Transformation) Telecommunications Consultants India Limited TCIL Bhawan, Greater Kailash - I, New Delhi-110048 Tel:+91-11-26202409, +91-9811111425 Email: kumars@tcil.net.in, uclab.5g@tcil.net.in