5G Connectivity For All Smartphones Priced Above Rs 10,000 Soon? 3G and 4G Mobile Manufacturing To Stop in India? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake News

News reports are claiming that the Indian Government has asked representatives of the mobile phone industry to stop making 4G and 3G phones and switch to 5G technology. News reports claimed that top representatives from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) met with mobile operators and smartphone manufacturers and gave them a deadline of three months to switch over to 5G services with 5G smartphones. However. PIB has said that the news is fake and clarified that government has not issued any such directives. Pneumococcal Vaccine Shortage Hits Jab Schedule Across India? PIB Fact Check Debunks False and Misleading Media Reports

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कुछ मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स में दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार ने स्मार्टफोन कंपनियों को 3G और 4G स्मार्टफोन की मैन्युफैक्चरिंग बंद करने का निर्देश दिया है#PIBFactCheck:

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