India's Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced plans to draft a new law on artificial intelligence to protect the rights of news publishers and content creators while addressing user harms. The new mandates will be part of the Digital India Bill, which will replace the Information Technology Act, 2000. The government believes it is important to protect intellectual property, financial, and commercial interests of the industry. The Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) has also been advocating for copyright protection against generative AI models. The government has not yet discussed how content creators' rights can be protected in law. The ongoing legal battle between OpenAI and the New York Times will be a defining case on the rights of digital news platforms and content creators.
Huawei's Corporate Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service, Li Peng, highlighted the potential of 5.5G technology at MWC 2024. With 1.5 billion users worldwide, 5.5G is expected to enter commercial use in 2024, allowing carriers to unlock new applications and capabilities. The new capabilities of 5.5G, including deterministic latency, precise positioning, and passive IoT, are expected to create more opportunities for carriers in the B2B market. Huawei has assisted operators in starting 5.5G commercial verification and testing in over 20 cities worldwide. AI was a significant focus during Huawei's presentations, with ten AI-oriented innovations unveiled. Huawei predicts that AI will be used to produce over 250 billion images and 70 million videos in 2026, redefining the world's approach to content creation. AIGC will power the creation of over 100 billion gigabytes of data and drive over one trillion gigabytes of data traffic, with 5.5G needed to shoulder a significant portion.
The Shanghai Communications Administration plans to intensify research and development of 5G-Advanced and 6G technologies to enhance the integration of the information and communication industry with the industrial economy. The administration has released 12 action plans, focusing on expanding 5G and 6G testing in various fields. By 2023, Shanghai has established 92,000 5G base stations and 423,000 standard server racks.
Japanese open RAN technology provider Rakuten Symphony plans to invest $10 million in India this year to enhance AI capabilities and conduct research on 6G. The initiative will be based in the Bengaluru research and development center, the company's second-largest tech hub outside Japan. Rakuten Mobile is the mobile operator arm of Rakuten Group, and Rakuten Symphony is its telecom platform solutions subsidiary. The Indian arm of Rakuten has about 4,000 employees supporting the group's operations, including e-commerce and payment services. The company is hiring key function heads in India and transferring personnel to strengthen local operations. Rakuten has initiated discussions with the three major Indian telecom operators, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, to deploy small cells based on open RAN technology. The company has already deployed about 5,000 femtocells in Bharti Airtel’s 4G network before 2021 but has not made significant headway into the Indian market
Viavi Solutions has announced significant advancements in its 6G Forward Program, focusing on the development of a city-scale digital twin for 6G networks. The company is collaborating with Northeastern University's Institute for Wireless Internet of Things and the Open6G cooperative research center to develop a large-scale radio frequency propagation channel modeling based on AI and ML technologies. Key highlights of the research include the integration of AI/ML for RF propagation modeling, real-world measurement campaigns using Viavi Ranger rugged RF capture and playback instruments, and the incorporation of higher-layer key performance indicators to accurately model network conditions on application performance. Viavi also introduced the concept of the AI-Native Air Interface (AI-AI), aiming to address communication challenges and hardware limitations in the physical layer of wireless communications.
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