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India will give 5G the scale, says Qualcomm CEO Cristiano R Amon

Open to sourcing chips from India if suppliers are ready

Cristiano R Amon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm
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Cristiano R Amon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm

Nivedita Mookerji New Delhi
India will give scale to 5G services and that will benefit several other markets, as well, said Cristiano R Amon, president and chief executive of Qualcomm, on Tuesday, while interacting with a group of journalists here. The San Diego-based chief of the technology major also believes that 5G would be an inflection point for Digital India—a flagship government programme.

Referring to Make in India as an extremely successful project, he said: “We are very impressed with what India is doing with these initiatives.’’ In the midst of a global chip shortage, Amon pointed at the importance of a “geographically diversified