IIT Madras and Ministry of Railways Collaborate to Establish India’s First 5G Testbed for Railway Innovation:

IIT Madras and Ministry of Railways Collaborate to Establish India’s First 5G Testbed for Railway Innovation:

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Category : National Published on: August 07 2023

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  • The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET) under the Ministry of Railways and the IIT Madras have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the India 5G testbed.
  • This testbed will be located at IRISET in Secunderabad to test 5G use or the Indian Railways.
  • The central objective of the MoU between IRISET and IIT-Madras is to expedite the indigenization drive within the Indian Railways, specifically in the domain of communications.
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