PM Modi to address programme marking Silver Jubilee Celebrations on TRAI today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a programme marking Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) at 11 AM today through video conferencing. He will also release a postal stamp to commemorate the occasion.

During the programme, Mr Modi will also launch a 5G Test Bed, developed as a multi-institutional collaborative project by a total of eight institutes led by IIT Madras. The other institutes that participated in the project include IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, Society for Applied



Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) and Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology.

The project has been developed at a cost of more than two hundred twenty crore rupees. The Test Bed will enable a supportive ecosystem for Indian industry and start-ups which will help them validate their products, prototypes, solutions and algorithms in 5G and next-generation technologies.

TRAI was established in 1997 through the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997.