Ericsson collaborates with DoT to offer accredited courses on 5G through DoT’s initiative on 100 5G use case labs

Ericsson has collaborated with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to offer access to Ericsson educate, 21st century technologies programme, Ericsson’s online learning platform to 100 institutes with 5G Labs. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to the effect was signed between A Robert J Ravi, chief executive officer (CEO), Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE), India and deputy director general, DoT and Nitin Bansal, managing director (MD), Ericsson India.

DoT has set up one hundred 5G use case labs within 100 institutes across India with the objective to build competencies and engagement in 5G technologies for students and startup communities. Ericsson will open its Ericsson educate platform to 10,000 students from these institutes and provide access to learning material on key technologies. The subjects covered as part of the program at an introductory level include automation, telecommunications, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), 5G and machine learning.

The collaboration will provide both students and lecturers with access to quality digital learning resources that draw on Ericsson’s 145-year experience in telecommunications and information and communication technology (ICT). Content from the Ericsson educate portal will be provided at no cost to the students.

Commenting on the collaboration, Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister, communications, electronics and information technology and railways, Government of India, said, “I am confident that the 5G Labs that we have set up in institutes will help us create new 5G use cases for the country .We are delighted to partner with Ericsson to build competencies in emerging and new technologies and prepare the students to be 5G ready so that they can play a catalytic role to achieve the vision of honourable prime minister on Digital India.

Meanwhile, Nitin Bansal, MD, Ericsson India, said, “The collaboration with DoT is a significant step towards developing a 5G ready workforce in India that can leverage the potential of 5G to support the government’s ‘Digital India’ vision. Access to 5G technology related courses will enable these students to develop use cases that can address the local needs of the country, help enhance productivity and accelerate the country’s digitalisation efforts.”