Govt plans 5G network rollout by 2020 The government on Tuesday set up a panel to lay down a roadmap for the rollout of 5G mobile networks in India by 2020 in a move that not only promises to make wireless connections blazingly fast but will also make room for the proliferation of Internetconnected smart devices. 5G wireless networks promise more speed and less latency, can serve a higher density of broadband users and are optimized for the Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to everyday objects becoming intelligent with the ability to send and receive data. “We have created a highlevel 5G committee that will work on the vision, mission and goals of 5G,” telecom minister Manoj Sinha told news agency Press Trust of India. The government’s push to move to 5G is driven by the logic that India, one of the world’s largest markets for telecom services, should not be left behind when the world shifts to 5G. India’s adoption of 4G was delayed earlier this decade. “When the world will ro