India & US eye breaking Chinese stranglehold on telecom gear

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made many business deals during his/her US tour. India and America want to break China’s dominance in the telecom sector. For this, the Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) is considered to be the most important. Its purpose is to allow hardware and software used in cellular networks to interoperate, regardless of vendor. Work on this is going on in many countries. This can help countries like India and the US to jointly develop multi-vendor next generation telecom solutions. This will benefit the companies of both the countries. Right now China and some European countries dominate 4G, 5G and 6G technology.

India is taking a different approach for telecom solutions under the ORAN model. Under this, different companies build complex, integrated networks. ORAN has been discussed in high level meetings between India and America. This matter also came up in the recent meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Jack Sullivan of America. Also this was discussed in the quad meeting. Many countries have termed Chinese telecom companies as a threat to their national security. That’s why many countries are showing activism to break the dominance of China in the telecom sector.

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What is the plan
Several US companies such as Cisco have expressed willingness to work with Indian companies in the rollout of 4G and 5G solutions and development of 6G. It has also found a place in the priority list of Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) launched between India and the US in January. Its purpose is to promote cooperation between the two countries in sectors such as AI, Telecom, ORAN, Space, Quantum Computing and Semiconductors. India has got some initial advantage under ORAN. For this, domestic companies have formed a consortium. It played a key role in the development of 4G and 5G solutions. Along with this, efforts are also being made to make our own telecom stack in the country. This will help India break the dominance of companies like Huawei, ZTE, Nokia and Ericsson. The Government of India believes that India’s cheap and safe technology can be attractive to emerging economies of the world and big countries like America. Presswire18