Department of Telecommunications' DCC Secretary K Rajaraman has asked the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) to start working on 6G and other futuristic technologies. He advised C-DOT to focus on commercialisation of technology and consider setting up incubators. Rajaraman also complimented C-DOT for its role in developing indigenous 4G technology and ongoing 5G development project.

"The telecom secretary has stressed upon C-DoT to keep track of emerging technologies, aligned with the technology life cycle. He has asked C-DOT to start working on 6G and other futuristic technologies in order to catch up with the market in time," Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT ) said in the statement.

As per Department of Telecom (DoT), 5G technology is expected to deliver ten times better download speed than that of 4G and up to three times greater spectrum efficiency.

Samsung, Huawei, LG and some other companies have started working on 6G technologies which is said to be 50 times faster than 5G and is expected to be commercially launched between 2028-2030.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recorded the top speed of 4G at around 20 megabit per second in Reliance Jio network in the country.