Context
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for “5G Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program (VEPP)” initiative to build strong collaboration partnerships across 5G Use-case ecosystem stakeholders with velocity and with an exclusive emphasis to address User/Vertical Industry needs.
About Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program (VEPP)
- “5G Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program” is being offered to Industry verticals which have potential as testing cum breeding grounds for innovative 5G use cases, through an Expression of Interest (EoI) to enable close collaboration between User verticals and 5G Tech stakeholders (Service providers, Solution providers & partner OEMs), which can trigger a multiplier effect to try & finetune 5G digital solutions in respective economic verticals.
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Role of the Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program (VEPP) Partner
- Identify Single Point of Contact (SPoC)
- Ideate and collaborate with other ecosystem players for relevant 5G use cases
- Facilitate access to relevant premises/campus/infra/data for use-case piloting and prototyping to address prevalent problems and also performance efficiencies.
- Hold vertical specific Hackathons to encourage digital innovations from new innovators apart from existing partners
- Other actions as may be necessary to support the 5G ecosystem
Reference:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1816139
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