The Department Telecommunications of (DOT) has conducted a trial to provide 5G connectivity using balloons in the case of disasters or emergencies.
It is also planning to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to conduct a trial for providing 5G services using drones, sources privy to the development said on Friday.
The DoT is planning to contact at least five drone companies Zuppa Geo Nav Tech, Ayaan Autonomous Systems, Comrado Aerospace, Blueinfinity Innovation Labs, and Sagar Defence Engineering to participate in the RFP for the second pilot project.
Sai Pattabiram, managing director, Zuppa Geo Nav Tech, told Business Standard: "I don't have any information on either this RFP or the application, nor have I been approached for it. It could be that since we are the only Indian manufacturer of cyber-secure autopilots (electronics) for drones, our name must have been included." Other four companies did not respond to the newspaper's queries.
The pilot project with a balloon was conducted last month by the DoT in Nurmathi village, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.
The project demonstrated speeds of up to 10Mbps could be achieved in a radius of approximately 1 km, sources said.
This story is from the June 22, 2024 edition of Business Standard.
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