New Delhi

Indiahas endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security, joining over 20 like minded governments in a pledge to shape sixth generation wireless networks around openness, interopera-bility, security, resilience, resource efficiency and innovation-led competition, an official statement said.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will take forward India’s engagement under the Call to Action and coordinate follow up activities with government agencies, industry, academia and other stakeholders, the statement from the Ministry of Communications said.

India joined the initiative with other governments such as Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Paraguay, the Repub-lic of Korea, Romania, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The endorsement was announced on the sidelines of the G20 Innovation Ministerial, held in North Carolina, United States, on September 1-2 under the United States’ G20 Presidency, the statement noted.

Participating governments affirmed that secure digital infrastructure is essential to technological competitiveness, economic prosperity and national security, and that advanced telecommunications networks are both the gateway to and the heart of that infrastructure.

The initiative recognised that next-generation networks will underpin major economic and societal activity and the delivery of critical services. It also recognised that globally interconnected communications systems can introduce cyber, eco-nomic and national security risks, making strong baselines for network security and resilience a shared responsibility.