5G technology roadmap ready by June: telecom secy

India will be ready with a full roadmap for 5G technology by June this year, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, said on Tuesday.  "A high-level forum on 5G which includes global experts, industry experts, IITs, IISc, has already commenced work and done a fair amount of deliberation. By June, India will have a full roadmap ready on this," she said addressing a telecom event there.

Insisting that India will be the frontrunner in the area of 5G, she said the expert panel is deliberating on the vision, goals, and roadmap on 5G, and will also look at related areas of spectrum policy, regulatory regime, pilot programmes and the test bed.