Hyderabad: In rural India, spotted network signals often mean making calls, delaying health alerts or no internet access at all. In cities, traffic lights don’t talk to cars, and emergency services are still struggling with real-time coordination. But IIT-Hyderabad’s quiet technology breakthrough may change soon – and there are more.
IIT-H researchers worked with Japanese keen semiconductor innovation company and Hyderabad-based Wisig Networks to successfully conduct a trial of a new wireless system that exceeds the current 5G capabilities.
The innovation is built around flexible software-defined communication chips and tested on campus using a network tower made in India. It works – providing stable high-speed connectivity designed to meet tomorrow’s challenges.
If the system is running, rural areas may soon be able to get high-speed internet without fiber optic cables. Ambulances and emergency teams can talk about dedicated trouble-free channels. Driverless cars can receive real-time signals to navigate safely. In remote villages, electricity or water meters can transmit data through satellites – no need to move towers.
“This technology is for adaptation,” said Professor Kiran Kuchi of IIT-Hyderabad, principal investigator of the project and founder of Wisig Networks. “It’s not only about speed, but about reliability, flexibility, and reaching a location that traditional systems can’t.”
The chip developed by Sharp Japan allows devices to switch between different types of communication protocols, just like how multilingual people switch languages. When paired with Wisig’s open running base station, it creates a more robust, intelligent network – a ready for emergencies, telehealth care, automatic transport and climate-rich rural development.
The system has been shown at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​and the collaborator’s three plans to launch it more broadly by 2026.
“This makes India the center of future global communication standards,” said Sharp’s Toyofumi Horikawa, who called the trial a milestone in international technical cooperation. In India’s push for digital inclusion and self-reliance technology, this innovation may just be the key to connecting everyone – no matter where they live or how fast they move.
