World's cheapest internet, Bill Gates hails India's digital network

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5G services were officially launched in India in October 2022. Fast-forward to March 2023, many users have already shifted to 5G services and the same is available in hundreds of cities across the nation. India’s digital network was recently applauded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. While speaking at a session held in New Delhi under India's G20 Presidency, Gates heaped praises on India’s digital network and said that India will be the ‘cheapest 5G market in the future’. 

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While speaking at the event, Bill Gates said, “One thing that India has that is pretty fantastic is you have a great digital network, you have a very high percentage of people using smartphones. You have opened transactions also with feature phones.” 

Talking about the 5G connectivity in India, Gates added, “The connectivity has been very good, it is very reliable, it is the cheapest in the world. And the same thing is going to happen in 5G. There is no doubt this will be the cheapest 5G market.” Gates also said that India has ‘laid the groundwork’ for digital public infrastructure. He said, “India in particular, by laying the groundwork for digital public infrastructure starting with identity system, allows people to build on top of that. 

And to make financial access and financial payment an element of that in a trusted way allows for an incredible variety of applications. We are just at the beginning of this. We are seeing incredible ingenuity about using this, and it is in many different sectors,”

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5G services were officially launched in India in October 2022. By March 2023, high-speed 5G has been deployed in most of the country's cities. Many users in the country have already switched to 5G services. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that India will have the lowest 5G rates in the world telecom market.

5G service is available in hundreds of cities across the country. Bill Gates also praised India's digital network system. Speaking at a session held in New Delhi under India's G20 presidency, Bill Gates praised India's digital network and said that India will be the market with the cheapest 5G in the future.

India has a better digital network and more smartphone users. Bill Gates also said that transactions have started in India using feature phones. The current 4G connectivity is good, it is very reliable and it is the cheapest in the world. The same thing is going to happen in India with 5G. There is no doubt that this will be the market with the cheapest 5G service.

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Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday praised India's "great" digital network as reliable and low-cost connectivity and said this will be the cheapest 5G market. 

Gates is currently in India and attended the 'Building resilient and inclusive economies — the Promise of Digital Public Infrastructure' under the G20 Presidency in New Delhi. During the session, Gates spoke of India's digital identity Aadhaar, its payment infrastructure, and rapid strides that the country has taken in bringing more people into the formal banking systems. 

"India in particular, by laying the groundwork for digital public infrastructure starting with identity system, allows people to build on top of that. And to make financial access and financial payment an element of that in a trusted way allows for an incredible variety of applications. We are just at the beginning of this. 

We are seeing incredible ingenuity about using this, and it is in many different sectors," Gates said speaking at the event. Gates — who is the co-chair and trustee of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — said that Covid-19 across the world had demonstrated the value of digital payment systems for facilitating emergency relief payments.

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