Tech Mahindra, HCL to help with O2 supply
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New Delhi, May 12 : As India continues to struggle with the second and more brutal wave of Covid-19, technology companies Tech Mahindra and HCL on Wednesday pledged support to strengthen the country s fight against Covid-19.
Tech Mahindra Foundation, the CSR arm of Tech Mahindra, announced its support to Mission Oxygen, an initiative by Democracy People Foundation, to ensure last-mile delivery of oxygen supply across India.
The partnership will strive to ensure that hospitals, nursing homes and medical care facilities, especially in tier-2 cities, get immediate access to oxygen.
Tech Mahindra Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth Jagdish Mitra said, "We are aware of the likelihood of the virus coming back in another wave. Therefore, (we) feel the need to support our country to prepare better by strengthening the healthcare system, especially in areas where the cases are to peak in the next 3-5 weeks based on analytics and data modelling."
5G network deployment can start in 3 months, but infrastructure not ready in India: Experts
March 10, 2021
Industry players push for using gears manufactured locally 5G networks in India can be deployed in three months but in limited areas as the optical fibre-based infrastructure to support the technology is not ready yet, telecom industry players said on Tuesday.
Nokia India Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs Amit Marwah said India has to take a call on deployment of 5G services; otherwise it will miss to take advantage of the next-generation technology that it can bring for the economy.
‘Not a sales channel’
5G networks in India can be deployed in three months but in limited areas as the optical fibre based infrastructure to support the technology is not ready yet, telecom industry players said on Tuesday. Nokia India head of marketing and corporate affairs Amit Marwah said that India has to take a call on deployment of 5G services otherwise it will miss to take advantage of the next generation technology that it can bring for the economy. If we do not enable 5G very soon, we might be potentially missing the bus. 5G is not a sales channel for the operators to make money. It is the need of the hour in order to create new economic value in India and the world. We are manufacturing 5G in India. The hardware is ready. If it happens, in three months we can start deploying 5G networks in India, Marwah said.
"If we do not enable 5G very soon, we might be potentially missing the bus. 5G is not a sales channel for the operators to make money. It is the need of the hour in order to create new economic value in India and the world. We are manufacturing 5G in India. The hardware is ready. If it happens, in three months we can start deploying 5G networks in India," Marwah said.