5g Skill Development Center

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Nokia and TSSC launch 5G skill development center in Gujarat

Nokia and the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) have jointly announced plans to set up a 5G skill development center in Gujarat

In partnership with the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) and Kaushalya-The Skill University, Nokia has announced the establishment of a 5G skill development center in Gujarat. The Center of Excellence (CoE) at ITI Kubernagar will establish a skill Lab dedicated to training individuals in 5G technology skills.
The primary objective is to offer job placements to at least 70 percent of learners within 4-6 weeks after completing the course. In the first year of the project, approximately 300 candidates will benefit from this program. Balvantsinh Rajput, the Cabinet Minister for Labour and Employment in the state, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the 5G skill development center.

Nokia’s Efforts in developing a skilled 5G workforce for a Connected India

Nokia is leading the way in pioneering advancements in telecom technology and is committed to cultivating a highly skilled workforce to contribute to the development of the 5G ecosystem. As part of its India corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, Nokia is making substantial investments in infrastructure, equipment, and training for the five labs within the Center of Excellence (CoE). Additionally, Nokia aims to foster connectivity and digitization, leveraging these efforts to generate positive socioeconomic, educational, and health benefits in India.

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia and India’s Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) will train 300 people in 5G, IoT and allied skills at the Nokia Centre of Excellence which was inaugurated at ITI Kubernagar, Gujarat.

The center is setting up a skill lab for training of the candidates with the aim of providing placement offers within 4-6 weeks of course completion to at least 70% of learners. About 300 such candidates will benefit from the program in the first year of the project.

“As part of our larger commitment to local communities, we are facilitating connectivity and digitization to further positive socio-economic, educational, and health impacts in India. This is an important initiative supporting the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Digital Bharat. Nokia is at the forefront of leading innovation in telecom technologies, and we are investing to develop a pool of technically skilled manpower to help build the 5G ecosystem,” said Amit Marwah, CMO, of Nokia India.

 

Nokia will invest in infrastructure, equipment, and training for the five labs in the center as part of its India corporate social responsibility program, in collaboration with TSSC and Kaushalya – The Skill University, Ahmedabad.

“The unveiling of our state-of-the-art CoE with 5G, IoT, Advanced Security Surveillance, Line Assembler, and Advanced Mobile Repair labs, represents a significant milestone in our organization’s commitment to skilling youth of India in emerging telecom job roles. We are thrilled to showcase this facility and demonstrate the immense potential it holds for the future,” said Arvind Bali, CEO of, Telecom Sector Skill Council.

 

When announced a partnership with the Ahmedabad-based Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) to set up a Nokia Center of Excellence (CoE) for fifth-generation (5G) skills development at Gujarat’s ITI Kubernagar. Kaushalya – University of Art. According to the company, the center of excellence has a skills laboratory that trains candidates in 5G technology skills, with the aim of placing at least 70 per cent of students in new jobs within 4-6 weeks after the end of the course. He added that about 300 such candidates will benefit from the program in the first year of the project.

“Nokia is at the forefront of leading innovation in telecom technologies, and we are investing to develop a pool of technically skilled manpower to help build the 5g ecosystem,” said Amit Marwah, Nokia India’s CMO.

As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program in India, the company stated that it will invest in the five labs in the CoE, including infrastructure, equipment, and training.

According to Arvind Bali, CEO of TSSC, “the unveiling of our state-of-the-art CoE with 5G, IoT, advanced security surveillance, line assembler, and advanced mobile repair labs, represents a significant milestone in our organization’s commitment to skilling youth in India in emerging telecom job roles.”

According to recruiters, 5G technology will boost recruitment in the telecom sector this year. According to a report published in January by the staffing company NLB Services, the demand for technology experts in telecommunications and related sectors will grow by 25-30% in the coming year, compared to 15-20% last year. Implementation of 5G services.

A TSSC report published in May estimated that India needs at least 22 million skilled workers by 2025 to benefit from 5G, but the gap between supply and demand is 28 per cent.

Meanwhile, Nokia’s MBiT Index report published in February, said that consumption of 5G data is expected to start on a mass scale only by the second half of this year, thereby contributing to a rise in the average consumption of mobile data among users every month.

The company estimates that by the end of 2024, there will be 990 million, or nearly a billion, mobile data users in India, of which more than 15%, or about 150 million users, would be on nationwide 5G networks.

There are currently around 730 million active 4G mobile phones in India, of which around 11% or 85 million are active 5G devices. Experts believe that number will grow by 62 per cent annually due to higher shipments of 5G devices this year.

 

Blog By: Trupti Thakur