DOT partners with Ericsson to offer accredited courses on 5G

The Department of Telecom (DOT) in India has entered into a strategic partnership with Ericsson to offer access to the latter's online learning platform, Ericsson Educate - 21st Century Technologies Programme, to 100 institutes with 5G Labs across the country.

DOT has established 100 5G Use case labs within 100 institutes to build competencies and engagement in 5G technologies among students and startup communities.

Commenting on this collaboration, Hon'ble Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Government of India, Ashwini Vaishnaw, 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 Hon'ble PM on Digital India."

Under this partnership, Ericsson will open its Ericsson Educate platform to 10,000 students from these institutes and provide access to learning material on key technologies, covering subjects such as Automation, Telecommunications, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and Machine Learning at an introductory level.

Both students and lecturers will get access to quality digital learning resources that draw on Ericsson's 145-year experience in telecommunications and ICT.

"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 digitalization efforts. The collaboration is expected to reach up to 10,000 people," said Nitin Bansal, MD -Ericsson India.