Mobile Tech to be used for Vaccination Drive

Source: Cio

With the chances of a COVID-19 vaccine being available soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the mobile technology will be used for the mass inoculation against the pandemic. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Modi said that mobile technology has helped provide benefits worth billions of dollars to millions. The same is responsible for billions of cashless transactions and con-tactless interface on toll booths.

‘It is also with the help of mobile technology that we will embark on one of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drives,’ he said. At the IMC, Modi said the future holds great potential with rapid technological progress.

‘We need to work together to ensure a timely roll-out of 5G to leapfrog into the future and empower millions of Indians,’ he said. He also pitched for making India a global hub for telecom equipment, design, development and manufacturing. Stating that India is emerging as one of the most preferred destinations for mobile manufacturing, the Prime Minister said the government has come up with a production-linked incentive scheme to promote telecom equipment manufacturing in the country.