Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday referred to as for pressing coverage measures to maneuver away from 2G companies, which began 25 years in the past, and make it a “a part of historical past”. On the silver jubilee of the first cell phone name made in India, Ambani mentioned that 2G period characteristic telephones have stored round 30 crore subscribers away from primary web companies when each India and different international locations are venturing into 5G period.
“I particularly discuss with the truth that India nonetheless has 300 million cellular subscribers trapped within the 2G period, their characteristic telephones hold them excluded even from the essential utilization of the web at a time when each India and the remainder of the world are standing on the doorsteps of 5G telephony. I feel crucial coverage steps needs to be taken with utmost urgency to make 2G part of historical past,” Ambani mentioned.
Earlier, Ambani had introduced that RIL’s telecom arm Jio will try to make India freed from 2G by migrating from characteristic telephones to an inexpensive smartphone.