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DoT plans to transform India into manufacturing, export hub of 5G gear

The move will encourage global telecom gear makers like Ericcsson and Nokia as well as Huawei (provided it gets FDI permission) to export from the country.

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Under the scheme, international companies could make specified telecom products in India. These include 5G next generation radio access network equipment and associated systems, 5G base station and core equipment, switches, routers, optic fibre cables and digital microwave radios, among others.

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
In a bid to transform India into a manufacturing and export hub of 5G equipment, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has called a meeting on Wednesday to discuss with key stakeholders a plan to roll out a productivity-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment.
 
The move will encourage global telecom gear makers like Ericcsson and Nokia as well as Huawei (provided it gets FDI permission) to export from the country. 
 
The proposed scheme is in line with PLI schemes which have been earlier cleared by the Cabinet for manufacture of electronics and mobile devices.
 
The PLI scheme

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