5G IN INDIA

Context:

Government has launched commercial 5G Services

PM called the launch “a revolution”: A new India – the country is no longer just a consumer of technology but a contributor to its development too.

With 5G, data transmitted over wireless broadband connections can travel at multigigabit speeds, with potential peak speeds as high as 20 gigabits per second (Gbps) by some estimates.

Reliance Jio has finally announced the official launch of 5G network in 4 cities of India, including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Varanasi. Users must remember that the Reliance Jio 5G services will be launched today, 5 October 2022.

At the time of the launch of 2G, 3G and 4G services, India was dependent on other countries. But with 5G, the country is setting foot in a new historical era and is leading globally.

5G technology will provide seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency, and highly reliable It will increase energy efficiency, spectrum efficiency and network efficiency.

5G as technology multiplier: 

5G is much more than the next generation of technology.

It actually unlocks the potential of other technologies like Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Robotics, Blockchain, and Metaverse.

Other applications: 

5G will help in real-time monitoring of disasters, precision agriculture, and minimising the role of humans in dangerous industrial operations such as in deep mines, and offshore activities, the government has underlined.

National Digital Communications Policy 2018: Emphasis on integration of digital ecosystem (including 5G) with economic and societal growth.

Focus area for India should be: Price of the device, digital connectivity, cost of data, and the idea of ‘digital first’

Practical use of 5G services:

Education: 5G facilitate education by bringing teachers closer to students (through effective virtual classes), obliviating the physical distance between them.

Safety: Safety of workers in an under-construction tunnel of Delhi Metro through the creation of a Digital Twin of the tunnel on the.

What is 5G?

5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace, or at least augment 4G LTE connection.

Potential health risks of 5G

Tissue heating is the main mechanism of interaction between radiofrequency fields and the human body. Radiofrequency exposure levels from current technologies result in negligible temperature rise in the human body.

As the frequency increases, there is less penetration into the body tissues and absorption of the energy becomes more confined to the surface of the body (skin and eye).

Previously, Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla had moved the Delhi High Court seeking a scientific study on any adverse effects of radio-frequency radiation emitted by cellular telecommunications using 5G technologyon ‘health, life, organ or limb of adult or child, or to flora and fauna’ before its official rollout in the country.

Provided that the overall exposure remains below international guidelines, no consequences for public health are anticipated.