The Department of Telecommunications on 28th March 2022, has notified the guidelines for Funding Under Sub Scheme “Setting Up of Digital Communication Square (DCIS)” Under Champion Services Sector Scheme. The main objective of the scheme is to promote the ecosystem for research, design, development, proof of concept testing, IPR creation, pilot project and manufacturing i.e. complete value chain to make India a global hub for production of telecommunication equipment and a centre for digital communication services.
Communication services in India are mainly provided by imported equipment’s and technologies. The scheme will promote indigenous innovation and incubation of future technologies and their deployment/manufacturing thereof, resulting value addition for the Indian Telecom Sector. The scheme will be focused mainly in the following areas:
- LTE Advanced, 5G and future generation access technologies, Software Defined Networks (SDNs) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), IOT/ M2M, the cloud and data analytics.
- Backhaul radio and communication technologies.
- Security and surveillance equipment, sensors.
- Over-the-top (OTT) services as drivers for penetration of broadband services.
- Green and energy-efficient technologies / solutions for the telecom sector and
- Any other area considered commercially relevant in future.
The main idea of the scheme is translation of research into technology (product/process) but not to carry out open ended fundamental research. Investigations must lead to innovation or new product/process ready for demonstration or pilot scale deployment.
