To promote applications relevant to the 5G realm, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched the '5G Hackathon' in association with government, academia and industry stakeholders.
The event is organized by Niti Aayog, the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry, Digital India, Startup India, the MSME Ministry, C-DoT, the Department of Science & Technology, TCOE India, the TEPC, TSDSI, the COAI, the India Mobile Congress, KPMG, academic institutions such as the IITs/IIIT/REC, and industry with a total prize money of INR 2.5 crore.
The main aim of the hackathon is to focus on cutting-edge ideas that can be converted into real-time products and solutions. Winners of various phases will get a unique opportunity to implement and scale their 5G applications with support from DoT, MeitY and a number of leading industry, academia, Telcos/OEMs.
"The 5G technology provides a quantum leap over 4G in terms of speed, peak data rate, latency, spectrum efficiency and connection density. The most distinct feature is applications in different economic verticals. 5G Hackathon will convert innovating ideas into products and solutions in different verticals and develop India specific Use cases around 5G," mobile operators association COAI said on Friday.
The 5G hackathon is open to developers, students, start-ups, SMEs, academic institutions & registered companies in India & NRIs. Complete details of the hackathon can be found at www.5ghackathon.in.
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Department of Telecommunications launched 5G Hackathon
The main aim of the hackathon is to focus on cutting-edge ideas that can be converted into real-time products and solutions.