Nokia hopes India will help shape global 6G standards

20. October 2022

Finnish telecom equipment supplier Nokia is counting on India to help shape 5G Advanced and 6G network technologies. As a result, the company has increased its efforts and presence in India through Bell Labs, its subsidiary responsible for research. According to Nokia’s CTO and CSO Nishant Batra, India’s expertise and resources are currently underestimated. In doing so, he admitted that standards could not come from India as a country, but stressed that skilled experts and manpower would play their part. That’s why Nokia is expanding Bell Labs’ operations in India right now. Batra expects a rapid increase in the number of users of this network, as well as the upcoming generation 6G, due to the falling prices of 5G-enabled devices. He mentioned that when 5G was launched 18 months ago, device prices were so high that only a small percentage of the population could benefit. Now, however, the technology has reached most users and is well received, he said. Therefore, Batra said, it is important to have a robust plan for the rollout of 5G and the introduction of 6G in India. WPC certification is necessary for wireless products in order to be used and sold in India.

The WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination) is the national broadcasting authority in India and is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It was established in 1952 and is headquartered in New Delhi, with additional regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati. The WPC’s main tasks are to issue amateur radio licenses and to allocate and monitor the frequency spectrum. In addition, the WPC is responsible for WPC ETA certification (WPC Equipment Type Approval ETA) and other radio approvals. For foreign manufacturers, only the WPC ETA Approval is relevant in most cases. The WPC certification is used synonymously for the ETA (Equipment Type Approval) abroad.

The national broadcasting authority WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination) is responsible for this certification, in order to regulate the issuing of issuing of amateur radio licenses and the allocation and monitoring of the frequency spectrum.

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