New Delhi: Communications Minister, India has started the process of leapfrogging from 5G to 6G Jyotiraditya Scindia Said on Thursday.“This process is being started today with respect to global standards of technology, interoperability. This is being done in the International Telecommunication Union and 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project), both of which are standard-setting bodies for the world. We see standards and implementation taking place only by 2030. So, we are still in a state of discussion. But the difference is that India was nowhere at the table with regard to global standard setting for telecommunications on 3G or 4G. “We made our first foray into 5G when we presented a proposal for ubiquitous connectivity around the world,” he said.This time, as far as 6G is concerned, “we are partners on that roundtable”, he said. “This is the first time in the history of independent India that the country is at the standard-setting table for the telecom technology that is being launched. We have established the India 6G alliance in 2024, implementing PM Modi’s early vision when 5G was not even fully launched post-Covid in 2023,” he said.He said that the India 6G alliance started with 14 members and now it has grown to 85 members. tnn