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“We are in a situation where 6G standards are not there. So, we are trying to be part of the standards making process,” K Rajaraman, secretary, Department of Telecommunications<\/a> (DoT) told ETTelecom, adding that the R&D funding initiative in a way would support some of the early stage start-ups to further boost the initiative.
China, Korea and the US are already taking early steps in 6G development.
Early this year, the department had come up with the Telecom Technology Development Fund<\/a> (TTDF) scheme to support domestic firms and start-ups involved in design, development and commercialisation based on the 5G, 6G and other future generation access technologies.
Meanwhile, the deadline to submit proposals under the funding program has now been extended from November 15 to December 31, 2022 to facilitate larger participation.
Rajaraman further said that the department intends to look at opportunities within the space in terms of developing new standards, and expects that the scope and scale of 6G would be finalised by 2023-24 worldwide.
Separately, the government is also looking to open up spectrum in the 95 gigahertz (GHz) – 3 terahertz (THz) frequency range to allocate for 6G-driven experimental use.
With the timely authorisation of required spectrum, India is expected to actively take part in global studies with a pre-standardisation process, and would be able to develop 6G-driven applications and products.