Time to tango

A collaborative mindset similar to that of Japan could take India into a completely different orbit in the global digital ecosystem

The current state of the telecom industry begs a robust reframing of the problem. Instead of “what could/should be done to restore the health of the telecom industry?”, perhaps the reframed challenge could be “in what ways could India’s constantly evolving digital communication infrastructure and digital service ecosystem become commercially sustainable, socially relevant and remain future ready?”. 

Communication technology is known to transition from one generation to another with an uncanny periodicity on the global stage. 3G in 2001 in Japan. 4G LTE in Sweden and Norway in 2009. 5G in Korea in 2019. Of immense significance is the dramatic change