Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with National Telecommunications Institute, Ghaziabad (NTIPRIT) conducted an Awareness Workshop for Sanchar Mitras today on May 28, 2024. Under Sanchar Mitra programme, students are engaged as volunteers to empower citizens with respect to their safe & smooth journey in digital world, by raising awareness about various citizen centric services…
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The 5G Dilemma
The pandemic has opened a fresh debate around the future of 5G in India. Infrastructure requirements could further delay its launch
There are still believers of the flat earth theory, says S.P. Kochhar, Director-General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), a lobby body representing Indian telecom operators. The doubting community will always be there. It s not black and white. Enough studies have been done already, he says on the issue of fresh concerns over possible links between 5G technology and the spread of Coronavirus.
Over the past couple of months, telcos and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officials have been fighting a perception battle against a group of people who believe that 5G could harm humans. Last month, telecom towers in certain parts of Haryana and Punjab were vandalised and DoT issued an official statement to allay concerns. It has come to the notice of the DoT that several misleading messages are being circulated on
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No link between 5G and spread of Covid 19, says DoT
The Department of Telecommunications has noted that 5G is in no way related to the spread of Covid 19, and the messages being circulated for the same are false and baseless.
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The department has urged the public to not be misguided by baseless and false messages.
The DoT also noted that mobile towers emit non-ionizing radio frequencies that have a very minuscule power and are incapable of causing any kind of damage.
Earlier this month, the DoT gave a go-ahead to telecom service providers to begin the trials for 5G in India.