The government has been stressing on becoming self-sufficient in telecom technologies, including both software and hardware, amid geopolitical uncertainties. It can be done by developing the complete ecosystem in the country, officials said, pointing to the focus on research and development, including industry-academia tie-ups.
“The locally developed 4G/5G stack is working fine. BSNL is utilising the stack and going forward, it will be exported to other countries,” the official said.
The government has decided to make the Centre for Development of Telematics (CDoT) as the nodal facilitation agency to front-end on telecommunication IPRs and patents. CDoT, which is the RD wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), will only act as a facilitator for standard essential patent (SEP) negotiations and shall not have any financial liability or obligations towards any parties.