Centre setting up telecom equipment manufacturing zones: Union Minister Scindia

The Union Preacher for Communications and Development of North Eastern area, said the country during the last one decade exported cellphones worth Rs 1.28 lakh crore under the leadership of Head of state Narendra Modi.

“With USD 39 billion worth of FDI, currently it is time for the telecommunications tools making field to experience the same revolution. We had the fastest 5G turn out in India and 98 per cent of our cities have actually been covered,” he said.

India is developing telecommunication devices production zones to attract international investments. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia highlighted the country’s progression in smart phone production and exports, and the upcoming change in the telecom field. The brand-new Cisco center in Tamil Nadu will enhance work and technology, enhancing India’s development as a telecommunications center.

Sharing some photos later on in the day, Scindia on his social networks post said: “Telecommunications makeover, technical victory. On our mission to make India the worldwide telecom manufacturing hub, inaugurated the CISCO-FLEX production facility in Sriperumbudur.”

Scindia in addition to Tamil Nadu Preacher for Industries TRB Rajaa were at the inauguration of the very first production center of US-based network devices maker Cisco. Accompanied by senior officials, the ministers went to the production facilities later on.

“With centers like these, Tamil Nadu is sealing its position as the Advance Electronic Devices Capital of India. Under the management of Chief Preacher M K Stalin, the federal government of Tamil Nadu is dedicated to supporting state-of-the-art companies like Cisco and we will certainly go above and beyond to ensure that their entire supply chain is localised,” he stated.

Remembering that India imported most of mobile phones and delivered just Rs 1,500 crore worth of mobiles to overseas, he said, “we became the 2nd biggest producer of cellphones in the world with 30 crore of cellphones being produced in India.”

“We are the sixth country worldwide to create our own 4G telecom pile and we would have turned out 1 lakh towers by mid next year and by mid 2025, we would certainly have made sure 4G saturation across India,” he stated.

The federal government of India is establishing telecommunication equipment production areas in the nation, as the industry is anticipated to go through a change in attracting foreign direct investments, Union Priest Jyotiraditya M Scindia said on Friday.