the telecom sector is a barometer of the health of the global economy notwithstanding the volatility and uncertainties of the post pandemic era the telecom industry continues to lead the way in striving to create the future of our aspirations telecom technology companies are working on changing several paradigms when it comes to connecting and doing business on the eve of world telecom day and a few weeks away from 5g spectrum auctions we in india are poised for a major socioeconomic transformation enabled by 5g network technologyeven as we leapfrog into 5g it is hard to ignore the fact that billions across the world are still unconnected and are thereby unable to influence policies and actions that impact their lives the need for digital inclusion affordable and sustainable connectivity solutions remains as high as ever as per un estimates over 3 billion people are not using internet at home or over their phones i firmly believe that india has a pivotal role to play in the evolution of 5g 5g advanced and further paving the road to 6g we have the competencies technology scale and wide variety of use cases to explore every possibility of customer application the intersection of smart computing efficient nextgen technology and systems will yield affordable ways to bridge the digital divide we stand together with the government regulators service providers enterprise customers and consumer groups in this endeavour this is a time to create an ecosystem to harvest infinite possibilities5g technology brings an exponential improvement over previous generations and supports many more devices meet the increased data demands in highdensity areas such as mass transport hubs and internet of things devices with ultralow latency also 5gs peak capacity is measured in gigabits not megabits therefore it is a quantum leap in more ways than one 5g is gaining momentum around the world and is projected to contribute up to one percent of global gdp or us 13 trillion in revenue by 2030 according to globaldata the total number of mobile 5g subscriptions will reach 41 billion globally equivalent to 371 of total mobile subscriptions worldwide by 2026 5g services will generate 6446 billion dollars equivalent to 640 of total mobile service revenue worldwide5g will be crucial in addressing the increasing connectivity demands and easing pressure on congested 4g networks it will drive fresh impetus around enhanced mobile broadband embb and consumption of 4k8k video augmented reality virtual reality real time gaming edge computing telemedicine etcit is inspiring to imagine what high speed high density connectivity can do for industry and societythe potential benefits of 5g for the industry are gamechanging as we pursue make in india and the goal of achieving a 5 trillion dollar economy industrial grade private wireless solutions can digitally transform and modernize manufacturing facilities by enabling remote operations real time tracking through drones autonomous intelligent vehicles and telepresence robots smart material management and quality assurance through video analytics in addition 5g solutions offer use of automation and embedded intelligence to