C-DOT and IIT Bombay Sign Agreement to Develop Optical Transceiver Chipset for High-Bandwidth 6G Wireless Links.

MOUs and Agreement

In January 2025, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications (MoC), signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, to develop an "Optical Transceiver Chipset for High-Bandwidth 6G Wireless Links."


      - The agreement was signed in the presence of Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of C-DOT, Professor Shalabh Gupta, Principal Investigator from IIT Bombay, and C-DOT Directors Dr. Pankaj Kumar Dalela and Shikha Srivastava.

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) The collaboration is part of the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) 6G Call for Proposal initiative.

      (ii) The initiative aims to accelerate research in the 6G ecosystem, positioning India as a global leader in the design, development, and deployment of 6G technology by 2030.

(iii) The focus of the initiative is on affordability, sustainability, and ubiquity, ensuring that advanced communication solutions are accessible to everyone.

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