CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 17 inaugurated the country’s first 5G testbed to enable startups and industry players to test and validate their products locally and reduce dependence on foreign facilities. The testbed has been set up at a cost of around ₹220 crore.

Detailed explanation-2: -The testbed was built at a cost of approximately Rs 220 crore.

Detailed explanation-3: -IIT Hyderabad has facilities for gNB Testing, UE Testing, end to end interoperability testing and NB-IoT testing, while IISC Bangalore hosts the V2X and 5G open-source testbed, IIT Kanpur hosts the base-band Test Bed and IIT Delhi hosts the NB-IoT and VLC Test Bed.

Detailed explanation-4: -India opened its first testbed for 5G technology to reduce the country’s dependency on foreign facilities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new facility on May 17th. The testbed has been set up at a cost of around ₹220 crore.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras.